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Definition of Kennedia prostrata
1. Noun. Hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kennedia Prostrata
Literary usage of Kennedia prostrata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Contribution to the Flora of Australia by William Woolls (1867)
"Kennedia prostrata has pretty scarlet flowers, and is worthy of cultivation.
It occurs near the sea-coast, as well as in the more elevated parts of the ..."
2. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"Indigofera australis, Pimelia incana, Tetratheca glandulosa, Euphrasia speciosa,
and Kennedia prostrata, A single Lemon tree exists in a garden at New ..."
3. My Home in Tasmania: During a Residence of Nine Years by Charles Meredith (1852)
"The bright geranium-coloured Kennedia prostrata crept along the ground, its rusty
olive-green trifid leaves being seldom noticed until, on stooping to pick ..."
4. History of Austral-Asia: Comprising New South Wales, Van Dieman's Island by Robert Montgomery Martin (1839)
"... narrow: the flowers quickly fade, but are as quickly followed by new ones ;
colour white, variegated with purple. Kennedia prostrata, Scarlet Glycine. ..."
5. George Baxter (colour Printer) His Life and Work: A Manual for Collectors by Charles Thomas Courtney Lewis (1908)
"Under the print is " Boronia Pin- nata," " Geranium," " Epacris Grandiflora," "
Kennedia prostrata, v. Rubicunda " ; and under that, in one line, ..."
6. The Rise, Progress, and Present State of Van Dieman's Land: With Advice to by Henry Walter Parker (1833)
"The scarlet glycine (kennedia prostrata) is a shrubby creeper; the leaves grow
in threes, like clover, are nearly round ..."
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