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noun
A wildflower endemic to Australia, Swainsona formosa, known for its distinctive blood-red leaflike flowers, each with a bulbous black centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers; widely distributed in dry parts of Australia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: desert pea, Sturt pea, Clianthus formosus, Clianthus speciosus
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Broader terms: glory pea, clianthus
History
Named after Charles Sturt (1795–1869), British officer and explorer, who recorded seeing large quantities of the flowers while exploring central Australia in 1844.
