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Species of legume

Bushy kennedia
Kennedia stirlingii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Kennedia
Species: K. stirlingii
Binomial name
Kennedia stirlingii
R.Br.
Synonyms
List
    • Caulinia stirlingi F.Muell. orth. var.
    • Caulinia stirlingii (Lindl.) F.Muell.
    • Kennedya stirlingi Lindl. orth. var.
    • Kennedya stirlingii F.Muell orth. var.
    • Physolobium stirlingii (Lindl.) Benth. isonym
    • Physolobium stirlingii (Lindl.) Benth.
Illustration from Edwards's Botanical Register


Kennedia stirlingii, commonly known as bushy kennedia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a trailing or twining shrub with trifoliate leaves and orange-red flowers.

Description

Kennedia stirlingii is a trailing or twining shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.1–1 m (3.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in) wide and has glabrous stems. The leaves are trifoliate, 65–75 mm (2.6–3.0 in) long with stipules 14–15 mm (0.55–0.59 in) long at the base, the leaflets flat. The flowers are uniformly orange-red and borne on hairy pedicels 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) long. The five sepals are hairy and 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long, the standard petal 12–14.5 mm (0.47–0.57 in) long, the wings 9–11.5 mm (0.35–0.45 in) long and the keel 10.8–11.0 mm (0.43–0.43 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a hairy, flattened pod 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) long.

Taxonomy

Kennedia stirlingii was first formally described in 1844 by John Lindley in Edwards's Botanical Register. The specific epithet (stirlingii) honours James Stirling.

Distribution and habitat

Bushy kennedia grows on granite outcrop, hillsides and moist areas in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions in south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

Kennedia stirlingii is listed as "not threatened" under the Western Australian Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

References

  1. ^ "Kennedia stirlingii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ Lindley, John (1836). "Kennedya stirlingii". Edwards's Botanical Register. 22: 1845. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Kennedia stirlingii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Kennedia stirlingii". APNI. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 314. ISBN 9780958034180.
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Kennedia stirlingii
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