Small Purple Pea at Mount Taylor
Identification history
| Swainsona recta | 6 Nov 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Swainsona monticola | 1 Nov 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Swainsona recta | 1 Nov 2018 | PeterR |
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User's notes
Colony under pressure from dry conditions and overgrazing by macropods.
5 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
2 Nov 2018
With hairs appressed (pressed close) to the stenpms, and calyx (cupping the flower) teeth a lot shorter than the calyx tube, I think this is probably monticola. It is a pity that that there is not a decent photo of the leaves.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
7 Nov 2018
Emma Cook who has surveyed all the Swainsona in this area, provided the identification
Location information
- Maps Mount Taylor
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- PeterR Recorded by
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Collections
NSW Government Priority Species PeterR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Swainsona recta Peas Plants
Additional information
- True In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Swainsona recta Scientific name
- Small Purple Pea Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 895.8m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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