Sturt's desert pea

British

noun

the desert pea

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Etymology

Origin of Sturt's desert pea

named after Charles Sturt (1795–1869), English explorer of the Australian interior

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In 1845 Captain Sturt found the same flower on his Central Australian expedition, and it is now generally known as Sturt's Desert Pea, but it is properly named in its botanical classification, after its original discoverer.

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