Sturt's Desert pea

Meanwhile, back in central Oz.

We were trundling along the Oodnadatta track when John (driver) did his normal trick of suddenly hitting the skids and coming to a halt before backing up along the track.

This time it was a small clump of Sturt's Desert Pea that he had spotted growing just off the side of the road. The bush was only about 15cm high.

We had seen quite a few of these growing in gardens in Birdsville and Coober Pedy but this was the first time we had seen them in their native habitat. (I had refrained from showing them earlier since I knew this shot was coming up).

Sturt's Desert Pea is the state flower of South Australia.

See the background to this series of postings at http://365project.org/terryliv/365/2015-08-12

[Sam]

This is my sister's favourite wildflower. She is obsessed with taking photos of them when she is out in the bush. Nicely captured Poppo :) FAV

[Dianne]

What a neat image of this interesting flower. What an incredible bus driver to look out for interesting things AND stop, reverse and allow the passengers time to take photos! Fave for the bus driver!

[julia]

Beautiful.. I have read/seen these flowers in books great to see it here.. great image.

[sally agnew]

Lovely capture of this gorgeous wildflower :)

[Denise Wood]

Great capture of this beautiful flower :)

[Babs]

Super shot, they look as though they are dancing.

[Margo]

This is a really wonderful shot of the Sturt Pea. A Fav

[ShirleyB]

How lucky your driver spotted this and allowed you all to see it. Great capture of this lovely looking plant.

[Candace]

A really worthwhile back-up photo!

[Jane Anderson]

Beautiful, and so exotic to my eyes! I like learning about them.

[Janiskay]

Very interesting plant!

[Mona]

Wow, thanks to the driver, and thanks you share this. I was allways looking for this flower, travelling in Australia. But never found one. Fav, fav, fav.

[Rachel]

They are so pretty. They always remind me of my grandmother, as she had them growing in her garden in South Australia.

[Barb Newcomb]

What's a desert without the peas? Great shot of them.