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Sunshine Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - terminalis

Thick shrub 1 to 2m tall with compound leaves, 8-16 pairs of leaflets on each leaf section. Flower heads are spherical, bright yellow, arranged in open clusters at the ends of branches.

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Mountain Pea

Classification: Fabaceae - Gastrolobium - rubrum

Tentative Identification. Spindly, small branched shrub to 1.5 m with leaves 4-6cm long.

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Ouch Bush

Classification: Fabaceae - Daviesia - pachyphylla

One look at this most unusual pea plant will confirm that the common name is very appropriate - ouch indeed! The swollen succulent leaves are about 2.

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Red Parrot Pea

Classification: Fabaceae - Dillwynia - hispida

Erect shrub to 0.5 m high; stems pubescent. Leaves linear, usually 3–10 mm long, apex obtuse to acute and often recurved, smooth or rarely minutely tuberculate,

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Bossiaea walkeri -Cactus Bossiaea

Classification: Fabaceae - Bossiaea - walkeri

Rigid, much-branched shrub to 2 m high, ± glabrous; stems and branches flat and winged, 3–7 mm wide, often with a white, waxy surface. Leaves reduced to scales c. 2 mm long.

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Knife-leaf wattle - Acacia cultriformis

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - cultriformis

A wiry erect shrub that grows to a rounded shrub about 4m. Has grey triangular shaped phyllodes. Bears large golden ball shaped flowers in spring.

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Twiggy Bush Pea

Classification: Fabaceae - Pultenaea - largiflorens

Erect shrub; stems appressed-pubescent. Leaves alternate, narrow-cuneate, concave to folded, 3–10 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, apex obtuse and recurved, margins incurved to involute,

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Running Postman

Classification: Fabaceae - Kennedia - prostrata

Prostrate or twining herb; stems ± whitish pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ± circular, rarely broad-obovate, mostly 0.6–2.4 cm long, 1.5–2 cm wide, margins undulate,

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Silver Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - dealbata

A very common wattle along the NSW tablelands. Ranges in size from a bushy shrub to a tall forest tree in wet forests. True leaves are green-grey.

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Senna artemisioides

Classification: Fabaceae - Senna - artemisioides

Shrub, 0.15-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan or Apr to Nov. Sand, loam, stony or gravelly soils. Variety of habitats.

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Grey Swainsona

Classification: Fabaceae - Swainsona - canescens

Prostrate or erect, spreading perennial, herb, 0.15-0.6 m high. Flowers are purple-pink/purple & yellow & green, May or Jul to Dec. Usually on red sandy soils.

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Pindan Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - tumida

Slender, small tree about 5m tall. Large sickle shaped phyllodes 16cm long and 5cm wide with numerous longitudinal nerves. Phyllodes taper to a long curved tip. Flowers are bright yellow,

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Swainsona beasleyana

Classification: Fabaceae - Swainsona - beasleyana

Procumbent perennial, herb, to 0.2 m high. Flowers purple-blue-pink, Aug to Sep. Red sandy or gravelly loam soils.

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Narrow Leaf Bitter Pea

Classification: Fabaceae - Daviesia - eptophylla

Broom-like shrub to 2 m high; upper branchlets often leafless. Phyllodes linear, 0–6.5 cm long, 0–5 mm wide, apex tapered to obtuse, base tapered,

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Native Liquorice

Classification: Fabaceae - Glycyrrhiza - acanthocarpa

Erect subshrub to 1 m high, ± glabrous. Leaves 2–8 cm long; leaflets 9–13, linear to elliptic or obovate, 15–20 mm long; 2–8 mm wide, apex shortly mucronate, margins with minute, curved hairs,

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Kangaroo Thorn

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - paradoxa

Erect or spreading shrub 1–4 m high; bark finely fissured, brownish grey; branchlets ± terete with low ridges, ± hairy. Stipules spinescent, slender, mostly 5–15 mm long.

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Dolphin Wattle

Classification: Fabaceae - Acacia - delphina

Triangular, dolphin shaped phyllodes (modified leaf stalks that look like and act as leaves) is the memorable characteristic of this small shrub.

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Bacon and Eggs

Classification: Fabaceae - Pultenaea - unknown

Small woody shrub. Leaves flat, rounded with pointed tip.

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Red Parrot Pea

Classification: Fabaceae - Dillwynia - hispida

Erect shrub to 0.5 m high; stems pubescent. Leaves linear, usually 3–10 mm long, apex obtuse to acute and often recurved, smooth or rarely minutely tuberculate,

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Pea - Thinicola incana

Classification: Fabaceae - Thinicola - incana

Tall open shrub. Orange/red pea flowers and greyish furry leaves. Growing in deep red sand.

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Painted Lady

Classification: Fabaceae - Gompholobium - scabrum

This slender little bush with small narrow leaves has some of the most striking flowers of the pea family. Flowers are pink/mauve with reddish tinges,

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Gompholobium preissii

Classification: Fabaceae - Gompholobium - preissii

Erect shrub, (0.05-)0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow/orange/red-brown, Aug to Dec. Lateritic gravelly soils.

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Common Flat-pea

Classification: Fabaceae - Platylobium - obtusangulum

Wiry low shrub common as understorey in heaths. Leaves opposite, arrow shaped with sharp points. Red and yellow pea flowers in the axils of upper leaves. Seed pods flat.

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