Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Mirbelia baueri
Common name
Bauer's mirbelia
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Heath. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands, norrth of the Kings Highway. Rare in Sydney.
Notes
Shrub, prostrate or to 0.50 m tall. Leaves with sharp points. Stems hairy. Leaves scattered, opposite each other or in whorls of 3, 0.5-1.5 cm long, about 1 mm wide, rigid, margins rolled down, upper surface smooth or covered with minute warts. Flowers 8-15 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, orange to yellow with red to purple markings. Flowers single, often apparently in clusters. Flowers Spring.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Mirbelia~baueri (accessed 24 January, 2021)
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