Oxytes brachypoda

Large Tick-trefoil at Cook, ACT

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Oxytes brachypoda MichaelMulvaney 13 Apr 2020
Oxytes brachypoda pinnaCLE 13 Apr 2020

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   13 Apr 2020
I suppose it has to be. Though there is something very wrong with how the flowers are opening. The flowers look more like Polygala. Apart from there being no species of feral Polygala in the ACT, they have simple leaves, not trifoliate.

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Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 7 Apr 2020 03:11 PM Recorded on
  • pinnaCLE Recorded by
  • Yes In flower
  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

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Species information

  • Oxytes brachypoda Scientific name
  • Large Tick-trefoil Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 834m Recorded at altitude
  • Synonyms

    Desmodium brachypodum

Seasonal activity

  • In flower

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