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Heart-leaf flame pea
Chorizema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to this country and containing around eighteen species. Chorizema cordatum seen here, occurs naturally in the forests of south-western Australia.
Flower diameter 10 mm. Leaves are alternate and are often heart shaped, 3-5 cm long.
''Chorizema cordatum'', known as the heart-leaf flame pea or Australian flame pea, is a flowering plant of the pea family, endemic to gravelly or loamy soils in eucalyptus forests, in the moist south western parts of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the plant as kaly.
Similar species: Fabales
By Ruth Spigelman
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Uploaded Jun 21, 2021. Captured Jun 21, 2021 11:57 in 24 Hatfield St, Merewether Heights NSW 2291, Australia.
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