Running Postman

Running Postman
Running Postman
Running Postman

Running Postman

Kennedia prostrata


Perennial. Fast-growing. Food for caterpillars and nectar for butterflies.


Details Description
Type
Scrambler or Climber
Group
Pea
Identifying Characteristics

Trailing or mat forming plant, growing 1-2.5 m wide. Leaves roundish, blue-green and crinkly, consisting of three leaflets. Leaf tips often notched and hairy underneath. Flowers are pea-like and bright red, held on long stalks along the branches. Seed pods up to 50 mm long and hairy. Flowers April-December.

Distinctive Features

Crinkly leaves consisting of three leaflets. Bright red pea flowers.

Life Form Group
Scrambler or Climber
Life Form Codes
Scrambler or Climber (SC)
EVC types
EVC 55_61: Plains Grassy Woodland
EVC 649: Stony Knoll Shrubland
EVC 803: Plains Woodland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Kennedia
Species
prostrata
Running Postman
Occurs in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.

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.