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Silver Capesweetpea

Podalyria sericea

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 17, February 12, March 11, April 140, May 124, June 172, July 125, August 85, September 108, October 101, November 54, December 18.
South Africa967
Western Cape967
Australia16
New Zealand10
Tasmania9
Wellington Region8
Western Australia6
Victoria1
Bay of Plenty Region1
Taranaki Region1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusCape Sweetpeas · Podalyria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Silver Capesweetpea with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.