Meaning of Sturt's desert pea | Babel Free

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A wildflower endemic to Australia, Swainsona formosa, known for its distinctive blood-red leaflike flowers, each with a bulbous black centre.

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“Innovative New York City floral artists such as Emily Thompson have long valued Australian plants, including spiky banksia, spidery Grevillea and Swainsona formosa — also known as Strut’s desert pea,^([sic]) which resembles a multieyed visitor from another galaxy — but local designers were raised to regard native species as mundane and overly rustic.”

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