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Kennedia prostrata (Running Postman; running-postman; Scarlet Runner)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Kennedia prostrata, commonly known as running postman or scarlet runner, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to Australia. It is a prostrate or twining shrub which can spread to a width of 1.5 metres and has light green leaves that comprise 3 rounded leaflets with undulating edges. Scarlet pea flowers are produced singly or in pairs between April and November in its native range. These are followed by cylindrical pods that are 3 to 5 cm in length. The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1812 in Hortus Kewensis.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fitzgerald River National Park II 732417 Western Australia, Australia
Flinders Chase National Park II 81245 South Australia, Australia
Grampians National Park II 416373 Victoria, Australia
Wyperfeld National Park II 890865 Victoria, Australia

Predators

Lampides boeticus (bean butterfly)[1]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0