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Kennedia microphylla

Kennedia microphylla
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Climber
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Kennedia microphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate, mat-forming creeper with relatively small, trifoliate leaves and red flowers.

Where it grows

This kennedia grows in sandy soil in swampy places and in coastal areas in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions in south-western Western Australia.

Other Kennedia plants

Kennedia beckxiana · Kennedia carinata · Coralvine · Kennedia glabrata · Augusta Kennedia · Black coral-pea · Kennedia procurrens · Kennedia prorepens · Running-postman · Kennedia retrorsa · Dusky Coral Pea · Kennedia stirlingii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kennedia microphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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