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Kennedia Prorepens
''Kennedia prorepens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a prostrate, multi-stemmed shrub with Glossary of leaf morphology#trifoliate, trifoliate leaves and pale blue, violet or maroon flowers. Description ''Kennedia prorepens'' is a prostrate, multi-stemmed herb, the stems up to long. The leaves are trifoliate on a Petiole (botany), petiole long with broadly egg-shaped to wedge-shaped leaflets long and wide on Petiole (botany), petiolules long. The flower are pale red, violet or maroon, long and arranged in clusters of up to four long, each cluster with two to twelve or more flowers and each flower on a hairy Pedicel (botany), pedicel long. The sepals are long, joined at the base forming a bell-shaped tube. The Papilionaceous flower#Corolla, standard petal is long, the Papilionaceous flower#Corolla, wings long and the Papilionaceous flower#Corolla, keel long. Flowering occurs from April to November and the frui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier Range National Park
Collier Range National Park is a national park in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, northeast of Perth. The nearest major town to the park is Newman located about north near Kumarina. The park is one of many in the Pilbara and was established in 1978. The ranges vary from low hills to high ridges with many cliffs. The vegetation found in the area is mostly spinifex and mulga with creeklines being surrounded by eucalypts. Mulga scrub and mulla mulla are found in dense scrubland in the northeastern plains with spinifex and sand dunes being found in the western end. The park is the home of the threatened Pilbara Pebble-Mound Mouse ''Pseudomys chapmani'' which is also found in the Millstream-Chichester National Park and the Karlamilyi National Park. The mulga habitat is a refuge for the critical weight range mammals such as '' Macrotis lagotis'' (greater bilby), ''Dasycercus cristicauda'' (mulgara) and ''dasyurids''. The standard of management in the park is poor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
