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Peas - native and introduced

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img Spiny Broom (*Calicocome spinosa) Three leaflets. Pea flowers.
img Tree Lucerne (*Chamaecytisus palmensis) Tree with white pea flowers. Three leaflets.
img English Broom (*Cytisus scoparius) Shrub. Some leaves with three leaflets, often almost leafless.
img Flax-leaf Broom (*Genista linifolia) Shrub. 3 narrow leaflets. Yellow pea flowers.
img Cape Broom (*Genista monspessulana) Shrub. 3 oval leaflets. Yellow pea flowers.
img Angular Pea (*Lathyrus angulatus) Herb. Leaves divided into 2 narrow leaflets.
img Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil (*Lotus ulignosus) Yellow pea flowers. Clover like tri-foliate leaves.
img Small Medics (*Medicago species). 3 leaflets. Yellow pea flowers.
img Lucerne (*Medicago savita) 3 leaflets. Purplish pea flowers.
img Hexam Scent (*Melilotus indicus) Three leaflets. Cylindrical cluster of yellow pea flowers.
img Black Locust (*Robinia pseudoacacia) Small tree. Leaves with with more than three leaflets.
ulex Gorse (*Ulex europaeus) Spiny bush.
vicia Common Vetch (*Vicia savita) Purple pea flowers. Leaves with leaflets.
vicia Small-flowered Vetches (*Vicia species) Small bluish flowers. Leaves with narrow leaflets.
vicia Variable Glycine (Glycine tabacina) Blue flowers. Scrambler. Three leaflets, middle is longest stalked. Rare.
pea Clover Glycine (Glycine latrobeana) Blue flowers. Clover-like leaves. Erect herb.
pea Twining Glycine (Glycine clandestina) Blue flowers. Climber. Leaves with 3 narrow leaflets. Rare.
pea Common Wedge-pea (Gompholobium huegelii) Small shrub. Large yellow flowers. Leaves very narrowly trifoliate. Common.
pea Purple Coral-pea (Hardenbergia violacea) Prostrate or climbing. Common.
pea Common Hovea (Hovea heterophylla) Sub-shrub. Flowers late winter. Common.
pea Austral Indigo (Indigofera australis) Shrub. Pink-red flowers. Leaves with many leaflets. Scattered.
pea Running Postman (Kennedia prostrata) Prostrate. Leaves with 3 round leaflets. Scattered.
pea Swainson Pea (Swainsona behriana ) Tight cluster of purple pea flowers. Rare.

Egg and bacon peas

The flowers of parrot-peas are wider than high.

vicia Red Parrot-pea (Dillwynia hispida) Reddish flowers. Leaves short, not twisted.
vicia Small-leaved Parrot-pea (Dillwynia phylicoides) Leaves short, spirally twisted.
vicia Bushy Parrot-pea (Dillwynia ramosissima) Branchlets spiny.
vicia Grey Parrot-pea (Dillwynia cinarescens) Leaves narrow, curved back at tip.
vicia Showy Parrot-pea (Dillwynia sericea) Leaves stiff, slightly warty.
pea Loose-flowered Bush-pea (Pultenaea laxiflora) Flowers as high as wide. Leaves cylindrical.
pea Common Eutaxia (Eutaxia microphylla) Leaves narrow, in opposite pairs. Uncommon.
pea Hill Flat-pea (Platylobium montanum ssp. montanum) Leaves heart-shaped, paired, stalkless.
pea Trailing Podolobium (Podolobium procumbens) Leaves paired, folded along mid-vein. Ground hugging.
pea Round-leaf Flat-pea (Platylobium rotundum) Prostrate, leaves round, stalked, not paired.
pea Prostrate Flat-pea (Platylobium montanum) subsp prostratum) Prostrate, leaves paired or unpaired, heart-shaped.
pea Matted Bossiaea (Bossiaea decumbens) Prostrate, matted. Leaves small and round. Southern areas.
pea Creeping Bossiaea (Bossiaea prostrata) Prostrate. Leaves oval. Uncommon.
pea Leafy Templetonia (Templetonia stenophylla ) Prostrate. Few stemmed. Uncommon.
pea Matted Bush-pea (Pultenaea pedunculata ) Prostrate. Leaves small, sharp-pointed. Common.
pea Large-leaf Bush-pea (Pultenaea daphnoides) Large shrub. Leaves widest at tip. Rare.
pea Flat-leaf Bush-pea (Pultenaea platyphylla) Shrub. Grows amongst granite rocks.
pea Gorse Bitter-pea (Daviesia ulicifolia) Prickly shrub. Very common.
pea Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea (Daviesia leptophylla) Shrub with narrow, usually erect leaves. Common.
pea Scented Bush-pea (Pultenaea graveolens) Shrub with small sticky leaves. Porcupine Ridge.
pea Dwarf Bush-pea (Pultenaea humilis ) Small shrub with hairy leaves. Southern areas.
pea Rusty Bush-pea (Pultenaea hispidula) Shrub with pointed, incurved leaves. Glenluce.
pea Twiggy Bush-pea (Pultenaea largiflorens) Shrub with small curved leaves. Common.