Kennedia prostrata

Scientific name

Kennedia prostrata

Common name

Running postman

Plant description

A scrambling shrub that grows on sandy, gravelly soils. The red flowers have a yellow eye and the cylindrical hairy fruit turns from green to red to brown. The pea blue, a common small butterfly, breeds on this plant.

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Flower colour

Red

Flowering months

April to November