Common Eutaxia

Common Eutaxia
Common Eutaxia

Common Eutaxia

Eutaxia microphylla var. microphylla

Perennial. Can be locally abundant in grasslands in western Victoria. A pioneering species that can disappear if there are no fire events.

Details Description
Type
Shrub
Group
Pea
Identifying Characteristics

A low, spreading, much branched shrub between 1.0-1.5 m tall. Leaves opposite, grey-green, small, blunt and curved inwards along the margins. Flowers pea-like and 5 mm long, all yellow or yellow with red veins with the lowest petal deep red. The seed pod is 5 mm long and hairy. Flowers September-November.
Distinctive Features

Low spreading shrub, sometimes with the smaller branches ending in a sharp spine. Pea flowers held on short stalks.
Life Form Group
Shrub
Life Form Codes
Prostrate Shrub (PS)
EVC types
EVC 803: Plains Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Eutaxia
Species
microphylla var. microphylla
Common Eutaxia
Widespread throughout Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.