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Spring in the Outback: Sturt's Desert Pea  by Carole-Anne
Small (8.0" x 10.7")
Black
Off White
Box Frame (20mm wide x 40mm deep)
$150.00
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Spring in the Outback: Sturt's Desert Pea by 


Detailed closeup portrait of Sturt’s Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa. Outback South Australia. A hardy dry land plant with enormous black and red pea flowers. In good seasons the plants will grow to be 5 metres or more in diameter. The flower is the floral emblem of South Australia.
Canon 500D, zoom lens.
(Featured in Plants at Risk.)

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sturts desert pea, wildflowers, closeup, red, black, desert, red centre, red center, outback, state emblem, south australia, australia, carole anne fooks

Have camera, will travel!
Dynamic, documentary and expressive Travel photography with interests in people, landscape, culture, architecture, ancient civilizations, nature and wildlife.
Also interested in photographing local events.
Please feel free to visit my website which I share with my husband, Geoffrey Higges:
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  • Mary Sedici
    Mary Sedicialmost 2 years ago


    JULY 1st, 2011
    ► See your work in the Permanents Featured Gallery
    ►Please participate in the ongoing Challenges
    Mary

  • Thank you Mary

    – Carole-Anne

  • kalaryder
    kalaryderabout 1 year ago

    This is lovely
    You may like to add this to both Wildflowers of the World group and Plants at Risk group

  • Thank you – I’ll have a look at those groups.

    – Carole-Anne

  • Digitalbcon
    Digitalbconabout 1 year ago

    Amazing color and detail!! What a gorgeous wildflower!!

  • Thank you Blair

    – Carole-Anne

  • Digitalbcon
    Digitalbconabout 1 year ago


    Sorry for the delay!!

  • Thank you Blair: that’s fine.

    – Carole-Anne

  • aprilann
    aprilannabout 1 year ago


    Congratulations on winning the Enchanted Flowers Challenge.

    Your prize for winning this challenge is you as an artist will be featured on our homepage along with your winning image.

    Your host – April

  • Thank you April

    – Carole-Anne

  • Sandra Fortier
    Sandra Fortierabout 1 year ago

    Congratulations Carole-Anne. Wonderful wild flower. Better than our dandelion….LOL!

  • Thank you Sandra

    – Carole-Anne

  • AnnDixon
    AnnDixon12 months ago

    Natures Paintbrush

    BEAUTIFUL work,
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  • Thank you Ann

    – Carole-Anne

  • AndreaEL
    AndreaEL11 months ago


    CONGRATULATIONS on your Top 10 Challenge win… well done

  • Thank you Andrea

    – Carole-Anne

  • kalaryder
    kalaryder11 months ago

    14/06/2012

  • Thank you

    – Carole-Anne

  • Thank you

    – Carole-Anne

  • kalaryder
    kalaryder10 months ago

    Congratulations Joint First Place

  • Thank you

    – Carole-Anne