Podolobium ilicifolium

Podolobium ilicifolium, the Prickly Shaggy-pea is a shrub found in eastern and southern Australia. It is a common plant, found in dry or moist eucalyptus forest, often on clay or sandstone based soils.[2] It grows to three metres tall.

Prickly Shaggy Pea
Podolobium ilicifolium at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Genus:
Podolobium
Species:
P. ilicifolium
Binomial name
Podolobium ilicifolium
(Andrews) Crisp & P.H.Weston
Synonyms[1]
  • Callistachys ilicifolia (Andrews) Kuntze
  • Callistachys staurophylla (Sieber ex DC.) Kuntze
  • Chorizema trilobum Sm.
  • Oxylobium ilicifolium (Andrews) Domin
  • Oxylobium staurophyllum (DC.) Benth.
  • Oxylobium trilobatum Benth.
  • Oxylobium trilobatum var. staurophyllum Maiden & Betche
  • Oxylobium trilobum (R.Br.) Benth.
  • Oxylobium trilobum var. staurophyllum (Sieber ex DC.) Maiden & Betche
  • Podolobium aquifolium Hereman
  • Podolobium aquifolium Lodd. ex G.Don
  • Podolobium berberifolium A.Cunn. ex Lindl.
  • Podolobium berberifolium J.W.Loudon
  • Podolobium bidwellianum J.W.Loudon
  • Podolobium staurophyllum Sieber ex DC.
  • Podolobium trilobatum R.Br.
  • Podolobium trilobatum var. bidwelliana Loudon
  • Podolobium trilobum R.Br.
  • Podolobium trilobum var. bidwellianum Loudon
  • Pultenaea ilicifolia Andrews

The leaves are opposite or nearly opposite on the stem, and are 2 to 10 cm long and 1 to 3 cm wide. They are spikey and lobed, somewhat similar to the holly. The specific epithet ilicifolium which means “holly like leaves”.[3] The bottom of the leaves are somewhat hairy. Yellow and red flowers form on racemes in spring and early summer. The fruit is a pea type pod, oval or oblong, 10 mm long and 2.5 mm in diameter, and are curved or straight.

References
  1. "Podolobium". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. "Podolobium ilicifolium". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  3. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 83
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