Round-leaf Flat-pea - native (Platylobium rotundum)

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family).

Native of Australia.

A spreading plant that may cover many square metres. It is moderately common south of Castlemaine e.g. Fryers Ridge.

Identification:

• it has a spreading prostrate habit
• the leaves are large (2-3cm across) and round
• the leaves are stalked and are not paired
• it has largish egg and bacon flowers.

rotundum: almost circular.

VROTS: vulnerable.

This species was named and described in 2011, from a specimen growing along Swanky Gully Track in Humboldt.

Photos 1,2: Humboldt. 2: Regeneration after a bushfire.