Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Mirbelia rubiifolia
Common name
Heathland mirbelia, Heathy mirbelia
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Dry forest and heath. Coast and ranges north of west of Tuross Head. Occasional elsewhere.
Notes
Shrub to 0.5 m tall. Leaves with sharp points. Stems angular, hairless or with minute appressed hairs. Leaves in whorls of 3, mostly 1-2.5 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, upper surface conspicuously reticulate, lower surface hairless or with scattered hairs, margins curved down. Flowers 8-9 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, pink to purple, with darker markings, rarely white. Flowers in clusters. Flowers Spring to Summer.
Vulnerable Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Mirbelia~rubiifolia (accessed 25 January, 2021)
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