Platylobium obtusangulum
Common Name:
Common Flat-pea
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Wannon, Grampians, Midlands, Otway Plain, Otway Range, Gippsland Plain, Gippsland Highlands, Wilsons Promontory, East Gippsland (CDEJKMNPSTWX) also SA, Tas
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Common in drier heathlands
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Flower Description:
Bright yellow with red at the base
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Habit:
Shrub to 1 m high
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
The leaves of this species are broadly triangular. This species differs from P. triangulare by having flowers on a short stalk that are hidden by brown bracts. Platylobium triangulare has flowers with a long stalk that exceeds the bracts
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Conservation status:
Not threatened
References:
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Meagher, D. and Kohout, M. (2001). “A field guide to Wilsons Promontory”. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
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Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria