Swainsona
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Sturts’s Desert Pea, this little beauty is a native to the dry outback of Australia. Sturt’s Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa, was adopted as the floral emblem of South Australia on 23 November 1961, using the name Clianthus formosus. The Legend.. An Aboriginal tribe where camped in the desert. / A young Aboriginal woman watched as her man went out hunting. / She waited for his return but he was gone a long time. / The rest of the tribe decided they would move camp, the young woman refused to go stating she would wait for her man to return. They would then follow and rejoin the tribe. As the tribe left they turned and could see in the distance, the young woman dressed in a red cloak, still sitting patiently waiting for her man. / Neither the young woman, nor her man were ever seen again. / However the next year as the tribe wandered, they came again on the campsite where they had left the young woman, and found exactly where they had left her a beautiful red flower with a black boss in her place. Captain Charles Sturt (1795-1869) noted the occurrence of Swainsona formosa in 1844 while exploring between Adelaide and central Australia, and the common name, Sturt’s Desert Pea, commemorates a notable explorer of inland Australia, as well as indicating the plant’s habitat and family. Sturt’s journal, Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia, refers several times to the beauty of the desert pea in flower and the harsh nature of its habitat, and notes that beyond the Darling River:
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The last sun-rays of the day shining on flowering Sturt’s Desert Pea in Millstream-Chichester National Park in the Pilbara in Northwest Western Australia – Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2006
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The last sunrays of the day shining on flowering Sturt’s Desert Peas in Millstream-Chichester National Park in the Pilbara in Northwest Western Australia – Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2006
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This pretty pink-petalled pea flower belongs to the Swainsona galegifolia (Smooth Darling Pea) . It was photographed at the entrance to the Christmas Bell Plains Nature Reserve just south of Port Macquarie , NSW, Australia, on a lovely warm spring afternoon. I had seen these little jewels blooming before so I came fully prepared for this shot back in the days of my old workhorse the Fuji S5500. I chose the time of day as that was when the light was shining on the bush, I had my tripod, a homemade diffuser fitted to my pop-up flash and a +10 Dioptre close-up lens hanging off the end of the camera. The flash was set to its lowest power and the camera’s colour setting to Chrome which emulates Fuji’s Velvia slide film. Fuji S5500: Macro, f/7 @ 1/60sec, ISO100. / Lightroom & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Aussie Wildflowers collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more wild Aussie floral delights. UPDATE: / 24-08-08 / This pink beauty was featured in the Australian Native Plants Group . Enjoy! WILDFLOWERS: PEAS / (Click the links!) Swansona galegifolia / Kennedia rubicunda / Gompholobium huegelii / Pultenaea villosa / Podolobium scandens / Podolobium scandens – new growth / Podolobium scandens – open pod /
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This species of desert pea can be found on stony ridges and clay soil plains. This one was seen amongst a group of 15 other plants emerging after winter rains, near Broken Hill, western NSW, AU. Steve is the Principal Ecologist at EnviroKey providing specialist ecological services across Australia.
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Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Swainsona galegifolia: is a member of the Fabaceae (Pea) family and is known as the Smooth Darling Pea. Swainsona galegifolia is a perennial that will reach a height of one metre. The leaves are compound with 21-29 leaflets. Pea-shaped flowers are carried in spring in clusters of 15-20 blooms. Flower colour is variable and may be white, pink, purple, yellow, orange or dark red. Leathery pods follow the flowers. Warrumbungle National Park, New South Wales.
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Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa) – Copyright Blue Gum Pictures 2006 featured on our Wildflowers of arid Australia Calendar /
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Wildflowers of Arid Australia features twelve wildflowers from the dry inland of Australia: Sturt’s Desert Pea, Showy Daisy, Green Birdflower, Satiny Bluegush, a Native Fuchsia, Desert Bloodwood, Broad-leaf Parakeelya, Murray Lilly, Annual Yellowtop, Blue Parsnip, Wild Tomato and Annual Yelloptop in the Simpson Desert
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The Dwarf Darling-Pea Swainsona luteola is usually found of open grasslands with a black, loamy soil. This individual was photographed a great native grassland north of Narrabri in north-western NSW, AU. For better viewing, click on ‘view larger’. Steve is the Principal Ecologist at EnviroKey, a specialist ecological consultancy that undertakes surveys, research and education programs across Australia.
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I found this Sturts Desert Pea while chasing a Painted Dragon on the edge of the Silver City Highway, near Broken Hill, in far western NSW, AU. For better viewing, click on view larger. Steve is the Principal Ecologist at EnviroKey, a specialist ecological consultancy that undertakes surveys, research and education programs across Australia.
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The Dwarf Swainson-Pea Swainsona phacoides can be found growing on inland sand dunes, sand plains, stony soils, and occasionally in creekbeds. This plant was found growing in a small, ephemeral creekline south of Broken Hill, in far-western NSW, AU.
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There I was driving my big manly tuck down a rough manly dirt track in the middle of the desert and then I found this. A real gem of a flower growing in the hot sand just to the side of the road. Giles Track, Central Deserts of Australia / Northern Territory / Australia site www.thedirtygardener.org . Camera Info Canon 5D MKII / Canon 24-70 f/2.8L USM at 70mm / 1/200 sec at f/8.0 / ISO 200 / Exposure Bias -0 EV / Aperture Priority / Metering Mode – Spot / Dimensions – 5616×3744 / Crop – 1834×2750 Post Processing / - Exposure Adjustments in Lightroom 2.2
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Taken with canon 5Dmkll and sigma 105 mm macro. / This pic was taken not far from the flowers name sake. Broughton in vic. /
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