bearded dragons, tiger snakes, monitor lizards
Australia
Captain Charles Sturt found the Sturt Desert Pea in 1844.
The Sturt Stony Desert is in Australia.
Captain Charles Sturt found the Sturt Desert Pea in 1844.
The flower of Sturt's Desert Pea is a deep red in colour.
Sturt's Desert Rose is the floral emblem of the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory is not a state, but a territory.The Sturt's Desert Rose should not be confused with the Sturt Desert Pea, which is the floral emblem of South Australia.
Sturt crossed what is now known as Sturt's Stony Desert in 1845.
Sturt's Desert Rose was named after Australian explorer Charles Sturt, who discovered the plant whilst venturing through the region of what is now known as the Simpson Desert.
The leaf of the Sturt's Desert Pea averages 15 mm in length.
Desert Animals.
Charles Sturt's legacy of exploration is found in the naming of such places as:Sturt Stony DesertSturt River (South Australia)Charles Sturt University (NSW)Sturt's name also lives on in the floral emblem of South Australia, the Sturt Desert Pea, and the floral emblem of the Northern Territory, Sturt's Desert Rose.
Sturt's Desert Pea is native to the Australian outback. It is found in South Australia from the Flinders Ranges west to beyond the border with Western Australia and north into the Northern Territory, as far as Alice Springs. The Sturt Desert Pea is South Australia's floral emblem.