Apart from some of the Hardenbergia plants in flower, this is one of the earliest of the local pea plants to come into flower.
It is a prostrate plant (most of the time), with bright golden orange flowers.
Mirbelia platylobioides |
I like the heavily veined leaves of this plant.
This is the flower as seen when one is walking along.
Mirbelia platylobioides |
When the seeds are produced, the pods are hairy,
and they have a flattened base, and are roughly flat in cross-section.
There is a depressed line down the centre of the pod.
Mirbelia platylobioides seed pods |
2 comments:
That's a beautiful little flower. I photographed (but then forgot to put in my post ) mirbelia rubiiflolio on my walk the other week. It's a pretty mauve color. I guess mirbelia is a large family.
Thanks Mick
Mostly they are the typical "eggs and bacon" colours, but according to the books, some are pink or mauve.
I've only seen this one.
A bold flower which presents nicely.
It would make a good ground-cover garden plant I figure.
Cheers
Denis
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