Swainsona Formosa or Stuart's Desert Pea is a plant in Australia that grows in arid places. The plant have hard coated seed and taproot viable in the desert's harsh environment.
Very little eats this plant, but the white-plumed honey eater feeds on the nectar of Sturt's Desert Pea.
Does the Yellow Throated miner eat the desert rose?
The flower of Sturt's Desert Pea is a deep red in colour.
Starvation, The Sturt desert pea is a flower.
The full scientific or botanical name of the Sturt Desert Pea is Swainsona formosa.When first adopted as the floral emblem for South Australia, it was adopted under the scientific name of Clianthus formosus.
The size of the plant varies, but the flower is usually about 10cms tall
It is the floral emblem for South Australia, it is so because it is the iconic flower people think of when thinking of SA.
Captain Charles Sturt found the Sturt Desert Pea in 1844.
Captain Charles Sturt found the Sturt Desert Pea in 1844.
The flower of Sturt's Desert Pea is a deep red in colour.
The leaf of the Sturt's Desert Pea averages 15 mm in length.
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.
Starvation, The Sturt desert pea is a flower.
Sturt's Desert Pea is a legume, but does not taste pleasant. Nonetheless, it is quite safe and non-toxic.
The flower of the Sturt's Desert Pea is red and black. It also has grey-green foliage.
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.
The Sturt desert pea.
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