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Hovea acutifolia is a bushy, slender shrub up to 4 m (13 ft) high, branches densely covered with a mixture of crinkled, wavy or straight grey to rusty hairs. The leaves are more or less narrow-elliptic, margins slightly turned under, 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) long, 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) wide, upper surface hairless with fine veins, lower surface brownish with soft hairs and tapering at the ...
Gompholobium latifolium, commonly known as golden glory pea [2] or giant wedge-pea, [3] is a flowering plant in the pea family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small shrub with leaves composed of three leaflets and which has relatively large yellow flowers in spring and early summer.
The toothed rough leaves are trifoliate, with leaflets mostly 1-5cm long and 1-3cm wide. [1] The small lilac pea-flowers are in groups of three, and held on long spikes well above the leaves. [ 2 ] The seeds are light brown and egg-shaped.
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The Mimosoideae are a traditional subfamily of trees, herbs, lianas, and shrubs in the pea family that mostly grow in tropical and subtropical climates.They are typically characterized by having radially symmetric flowers, with petals that are twice divided (valvate) in bud and with numerous showy, prominent stamens.
Gompholobium, commonly known as glory peas or wedge-peas, is a genus of plants in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. Most species have compound leaves composed of three leaflets and all have ten stamens which are free from each other and a distinctive arrangement of their sepals.
Chamaecrista fasciculata, the partridge pea, is a species of legume native to most of the eastern United States. [2] It is an annual which grows to approximately 0.5 meters (1 ft 8 in) tall. [ 2 ] It has bright yellow flowers from early summer until first frost, [ 3 ] with flowers through the entire flowering season if rainfall is sufficient.
Lathyrus vestitus is a species of wild pea known by the common name Pacific pea. It is native to western North America, where it is mostly found in the forests, woodlands, and chaparral of California. The ranges of some subspecies extend into Oregon and Baja California. This is a perennial pea vine which varies in appearance across subspecies ...