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Spiny Broom
(
*Calicocome spinosa
)
Three leaflets. Pea flowers.
Tree Lucerne
(
*Chamaecytisus palmensis
)
Tree with white pea flowers. Three leaflets.
English Broom
(
*Cytisus scoparius
)
Shrub. Some leaves with three leaflets, often almost leafless.
Flax-leaf Broom
(
*Genista linifolia
)
Shrub. 3 narrow leaflets. Yellow pea flowers.
Cape Broom
(
*Genista monspessulana
)
Shrub. 3 oval leaflets. Yellow pea flowers.
Angular Pea
(
*Lathyrus angulatus
)
Herb. Leaves divided into 2 narrow leaflets.
Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil
(
*Lotus ulignosus
)
Yellow pea flowers. Clover like tri-foliate leaves.
Small Medics
(
*Medicago
species)
. 3 leaflets. Yellow pea flowers.
Lucerne
(
*Medicago savita
)
3 leaflets. Purplish pea flowers.
Hexam Scent
(
*Melilotus indicus
)
Three leaflets. Cylindrical cluster of yellow pea flowers.
Black Locust
(
*Robinia pseudoacacia
)
Small tree. Leaves with with more than three leaflets.
Gorse
(
*Ulex europaeus
)
Spiny bush.
Common Vetch
(
*Vicia savita
)
Purple pea flowers. Leaves with leaflets.
Small-flowered Vetches
(
*Vicia
species)
Small bluish flowers. Leaves with narrow leaflets.
Variable Glycine
(
Glycine tabacina
)
Blue flowers. Scrambler. Three leaflets, middle is longest stalked. Rare.
Clover Glycine
(
Glycine latrobeana
)
Blue flowers. Clover-like leaves. Erect herb.
Twining Glycine
(
Glycine clandestina
)
Blue flowers. Climber. Leaves with 3 narrow leaflets. Rare.
Common Wedge-pea
(
Gompholobium huegelii
)
Small shrub. Large yellow flowers. Leaves very narrowly trifoliate. Common.
Purple Coral-pea
(
Hardenbergia violacea
)
Prostrate or climbing. Common.
Common Hovea
(
Hovea heterophylla
)
Sub-shrub. Flowers late winter. Common.
Austral Indigo
(
Indigofera australis
)
Shrub. Pink-red flowers. Leaves with many leaflets. Scattered.
Running Postman
(
Kennedia prostrata
)
Prostrate. Leaves with 3 round leaflets. Scattered.
Swainson Pea
(
Swainsona behriana
)
Tight cluster of purple pea flowers. Rare.
Egg and bacon peas
The flowers of parrot-peas are wider than high.
Red Parrot-pea
(
Dillwynia hispida
)
Reddish flowers. Leaves short, not twisted.
Small-leaved Parrot-pea
(
Dillwynia phylicoides
)
Leaves short, spirally twisted.
Bushy Parrot-pea
(
Dillwynia ramosissima
)
Branchlets spiny.
Grey Parrot-pea
(
Dillwynia cinarescens
)
Leaves narrow, curved back at tip.
Showy Parrot-pea
(
Dillwynia sericea
)
Leaves stiff, slightly warty.
Loose-flowered Bush-pea
(
Pultenaea laxiflora
)
Flowers as high as wide. Leaves cylindrical.
Common Eutaxia
(
Eutaxia microphylla
)
Leaves narrow, in opposite pairs. Uncommon.
Hill Flat-pea
(
Platylobium montanum
ssp.
montanum
)
Leaves heart-shaped, paired, stalkless.
Trailing Podolobium
(
Podolobium procumbens
)
Leaves paired, folded along mid-vein. Ground hugging.
Round-leaf Flat-pea
(
Platylobium rotundum
)
Prostrate, leaves round, stalked, not paired.
Prostrate Flat-pea
(
Platylobium montanum
) subsp
prostratum
)
Prostrate, leaves paired or unpaired, heart-shaped.
Matted Bossiaea
(
Bossiaea decumbens
)
Prostrate, matted. Leaves small and round. Southern areas.
Creeping Bossiaea
(
Bossiaea prostrata
)
Prostrate. Leaves oval. Uncommon.
Leafy Templetonia
(
Templetonia stenophylla
)
Prostrate. Few stemmed. Uncommon.
Matted Bush-pea
(
Pultenaea pedunculata
)
Prostrate. Leaves small, sharp-pointed. Common.
Large-leaf Bush-pea
(
Pultenaea daphnoides
)
Large shrub. Leaves widest at tip. Rare.
Flat-leaf Bush-pea
(
Pultenaea platyphylla
)
Shrub. Grows amongst granite rocks.
Gorse Bitter-pea
(
Daviesia ulicifolia
)
Prickly shrub. Very common.
Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea
(
Daviesia leptophylla
)
Shrub with narrow, usually erect leaves. Common.
Scented Bush-pea
(
Pultenaea graveolens
)
Shrub with small sticky leaves. Porcupine Ridge.
Dwarf Bush-pea
(
Pultenaea humilis
)
Small shrub with hairy leaves. Southern areas.
Rusty Bush-pea
(
Pultenaea hispidula
)
Shrub with pointed, incurved leaves. Glenluce.
Twiggy Bush-pea
(
Pultenaea largiflorens
)
Shrub with small curved leaves. Common.