Mirbelia baueri
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Mirbelia baueri is a low shrub, between 20 and 50 cm tall. Sometimes seen in the form of mats on the heathland floor. Typical of many of the Australian pea plants
, yellow and red flowers form in late winter or spring. Flowers are 10 to 12 mm long, forming from the leaf axils near the end of the branches. Leaves are thin, rigid and pointed, around 15 mm long. The fruit pod is somewhat round in shape, around 6 mm long, with a beak shaped point.
The habitat is the higher altitude heathlands in rocky areas, or on exposed sandy soils of poor fertility. Often in areas of relatively high rainfall. Growing from the Blue Mountains in the central eastern part of New South Wales
, to Nerriga in the south coast region. It may be seen in areas such as Katoomba and Mongarlowe.
Bauer's Merbelia is listed in some references as a common name. Though this plant is casually remarked by bushwalkers as one of the egg & bacon group of wildflowers.
In 1938, William Blakely
named this plant Mirbelia jeanae and wrote "Named in honour of Miss Jean Buckingham, junior member of the Australian Naturalists' Society of New South Wales, who discovered this very pretty species on a rocky sandstone plateau in Gold Gully, 2 miles south-east of Penrose railway station, October 2, 1938.
However, it first appeared in scientific literature in 1837, authored by the prominent English botanist George Bentham
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Faboideae
Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....
, yellow and red flowers form in late winter or spring. Flowers are 10 to 12 mm long, forming from the leaf axils near the end of the branches. Leaves are thin, rigid and pointed, around 15 mm long. The fruit pod is somewhat round in shape, around 6 mm long, with a beak shaped point.
The habitat is the higher altitude heathlands in rocky areas, or on exposed sandy soils of poor fertility. Often in areas of relatively high rainfall. Growing from the Blue Mountains in the central eastern part of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, to Nerriga in the south coast region. It may be seen in areas such as Katoomba and Mongarlowe.
Bauer's Merbelia is listed in some references as a common name. Though this plant is casually remarked by bushwalkers as one of the egg & bacon group of wildflowers.
In 1938, William Blakely
William Blakely
William F. Blakely was an Australian botanist and collector. He worked with Joseph Maiden. Maiden named a red gum in his honour, Eucalyptus blakelyi.- External links :*http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/blakely-william.html...
named this plant Mirbelia jeanae and wrote "Named in honour of Miss Jean Buckingham, junior member of the Australian Naturalists' Society of New South Wales, who discovered this very pretty species on a rocky sandstone plateau in Gold Gully, 2 miles south-east of Penrose railway station, October 2, 1938.
However, it first appeared in scientific literature in 1837, authored by the prominent English botanist George Bentham
George Bentham
George Bentham CMG FRS was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".- Formative years :...
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