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Running-Postman

Kennedia prostrata

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 63, February 50, March 56, April 173, May 156, June 131, July 181, August 605, September 1,830, October 1,131, November 265, December 95.
Australia4,736
Victoria2,480
South Australia1,299
Western Australia697
Tasmania161
New South Wales98
Other Territories1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusCoral Peas · Kennedia

Study it in a deck

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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