Austral Trefoil

Herbs

12 Mar

COMMON NAME : Austral Trefoil

BOTANICAL NAME : Lotus australis

FAMILY : Fabaceae

PLANT GROUP : Herbs

SIZE : Small <2m

LOCAL NOTES:

Rounded perennial herb to 30cm in height locally.

Stems and stalk may be covered in dense hairs and leaves are in a three, two arrangement with five leaflets. Stems are described as zigzagged.

It has 3-8 pink or white pea flowers held up on stalks.

Found in exposed dune area of beach access track in township.

Contributor : HB

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