clianthus การใช้
- The floral emblem of South Australia, " Swainsona formosa ", formerly Clianthus dampieri, is similar.
- It was previously widely grown as a garden plant, but has generally been replaced by the more robust " Clianthus maximus ".
- William Colenso identified two species of " Clianthus " as early as 1847 and described " C . maximus " in 1885.
- Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander collected specimens of " Clianthus " in 1769 and " C . puniceus " was described in 1835.
- Sturt's desert pea, " Swainsona formosa ", has some similarities to kakabeak and was initially placed in the genus " Clianthus ".
- Sturt's Desert Pea ( described as " Clianthus formosus " ) was adopted as the floral emblem of the state of South Australia on 23 November 1961.
- It is an evergreen shrub, one of two species of " Clianthus ", both of which have striking clusters of red flowers resembling the beak of the kk, a New Zealand parrot.
- The two species are the critically endangered " Clianthus puniceus " which is now known in the wild only on Moturemu Island in the Kaipara Harbour, and the endangered " Clianthus maximus ".
- The two species are the critically endangered " Clianthus puniceus " which is now known in the wild only on Moturemu Island in the Kaipara Harbour, and the endangered " Clianthus maximus ".
- It was initially treated in the 18th century in the genus " Clianthus " as " Clianthus dampieri ", and later became more widely known as " Clianthus formosus " ( " formosus " is Latin for " beautiful " ).
- It was initially treated in the 18th century in the genus " Clianthus " as " Clianthus dampieri ", and later became more widely known as " Clianthus formosus " ( " formosus " is Latin for " beautiful " ).
- It was initially treated in the 18th century in the genus " Clianthus " as " Clianthus dampieri ", and later became more widely known as " Clianthus formosus " ( " formosus " is Latin for " beautiful " ).
- Most of the plates in the book are by Sowerby, starting with Plate 10, and range from clematis, dianthus, petunia, and calceolaria to the Australian wildflower Sturt's desert pea ( " Swainsona formosa ", formerly " Clianthus dampieri " ).