Botanical name

Amphithalea virgata

Family

Fabaceae

Status

Vulnerable

Amphithalea virgata
Amphithalea virgata
Amphithalea virgata
Amphithalea virgata
Amphithalea virgata
Amphithalea virgata

Description

Erect resprouting shrub up to 40cm. Leaves 1-foliolate, linear-lanceolate, margins strongly recurved, lightly hairy above, silky beneath, rusty brown when dry. Small stalkless flowers in twos in the leaf axils are pale and dark pink forming a dense spike.

Habitat

Lower mountain slopes

Flower Date

May to September