Kennedia rubicunda

Dusky Coral Pea at Bruce, ACT

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Identification history

	Kennedia rubicunda	16 Nov 2015	MichaelMulvaney
	Kennedia rubicunda	10 Nov 2015	JanetRussell

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6 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

12 Nov 2015

Bit hard to be sure without a scale, but the stipule is not lanceolate shaped as in rubicund and has the cordate shape of prostrata. This is an uncommon plant in the ACT, perhaps one that we should add to the rare plant list

JanetRussell wrote:

12 Nov 2015

This is in a particularly weedy spot near the fennel I put on the CNM. I think it is quite likely that it could be a garden escape. We grew a couple in Aranda although they have since died. Do you make a distinction between (perhaps) garden escapes and those that are naturally found? We have walked around this area for years but less over say the last few years - except very recently. The ANBG has been removing K.rubicunda from the Black Mountain area it manages. I am not calling into question your ID as I can now see clearly the chordate stipule.

BettyDonWood wrote:

14 Nov 2015

What was the leaf length? Plantnet has no overlap -K. rubicunda 3 cm and up, and K. prostrata mostly under 2.4 cm. I am inclined to K. prostrata because the pods are pale hairy rather than rusty. However, every plant of K. prostrata I have seen down the coast had wavy edges to the leaves.

JanetRussell wrote:

15 Nov 2015

I had a look at the plant again today. There was a new flower and I the largest leaf was 8 x 5cm and the flower was 5 cm in length. I took a closeup of the stipule for a better look.

RWPurdie wrote:

16 Nov 2015

I'd say definitely Kennedia rubicunda. Kennedia prostrata has leaves with wavy edges, as Betty noted, and its flowers look quite different in the way the keel and wings are placed relative to the standard petal, the latter also having an obvious yellow spot on it towards the base near the wings & keel.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Nov 2015

The closest Kennedia rubicundra record to Aranda, within the Atlas of Living Australia is from Manar, between Bungendore and Braidwood. Thus it is probably a garden escapee

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