Trailing Podolobium - native (Podolobium procumbens)

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family).

Native of Australia.

Trailing Podolobium is a low spreading plant that is moderately common south of Castlemaine e.g. Humboldt and Fryers Ridge.

Identification:

• the oval green leaves have a distinct midrib on the lower surface
• the leaves are usually folded along the mid rib
• the showy apricot-coloured flowers open in late spring.

The flowers are in clusters growing from the leaf bases or at the tips of the branches.

podos: a foot; lobos: a pod, referring to the stalked pods; procumbens: spreading along the ground, but not as closely as prostrate.

Photos: Lauriston Bushland Reserve.