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Mirbelia pungens
Also called Prickly Peabush
Mirbelia pungens, commonly known as prickly mirbelia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with sharply-pointed linear leaves and orange-red flowers with blue or purple markings.
This mirbelia grows in stony areas in heath and is widespread in south-eastern Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and in the far north-east of Victoria.
Mirbelia aotoides · Mirbelia balsiformis · Bauer's Merbelia · Mirbelia confertiflora · Mirbelia corallina · Mirbelia densiflora · Mirbelia depressa · Holly Leaved Mirbelia · Mirbelia ferricola · Purple Mirbelia · Mirbelia granitica · Mirbelia longifolia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mirbelia pungens 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.
