Swainsona galegifolia
Darling Pea at Red Hill, ACT
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| Swainsona galegifolia | MichaelMulvaney | 22 Oct 2016 | |
| Swainsona galegifolia | Ratcliffe | 22 Oct 2016 |
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User's notes
Possibly planted by Charles Weston in about 1916 as part of the Walter Burley Griffin plan to plant red flowering plants on Red Hill. Possible heritage significance?
4 comments
24 Oct 2016
Betty this is the same clump of plantings recorded previously at http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/1948417
Cheers Michael M
Cheers Michael M
24 Oct 2016
Michael, you could consolidate these two records by shifting your photos to this record and deleting the other one, which has incorrect coordinates (or correct the coordinates)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113144-35.324014
- Altitude 720.0m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 22 Oct 2016 09:58 AM Recorded on
- Ratcliffe Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Swainsona galegifolia Scientific name
- Darling Pea Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 743.15m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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Record quality
Quality score
7 / 7
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