Botanical name

Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius

Family

Fabaceae

Common Name

Sorrel-leafed Pea
Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius
Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius
Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius
Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius
Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius
Hypocalyptus oxalidifolius

Description

Sprawling, reseeding shrublet with wiry branches, up to 70cm. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets small, broadly obovate and drooping. Small flowers 2-6(-15) in terminal racemes are pale purple to pink (sometimes white) with a hairless calyx. Seed pods are borne on a stalk and are ovate to obliquely oblong and flattened.

Flowers profusely the first season after fire and thereafter hardly at all.

Greek: oxalidifolius; referring to the plants leaves which are similar to the genus Oxalis.

Habitat

Moist sandstone slopes.

Flower Date

July to September

Introduced Plant

No