desert pea

British

noun

an Australian trailing leguminous plant, Clianthus formosus, with scarlet flowers

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For the first time on this journey I found at this creek great quantities of that lovely flower, the desert pea, Clianthus Dampierii.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

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