Common name:
Austral Trefoil

Family name:
Fabaceae

Botanical name:
Lotus australis

Flowering/fruiting season:
Seeds available in summer (Flood, 1980:95)

Location:
Widespread but not common in ACT (Burbidge & Gray, 1976:226)

Use:

• Food
• Seeds and roots were eaten (Flood, 1980:95)

Notes:

Language names:

Horticulture :

• Flower 'unusual pale pink'
• Propagate from scarified seed
• Needs full sun and reasonable drainage; short-lived in cultivation
  (Wrigley & Fagg, 1998:172)

Similar species:
L. corniculatus (Flood, 1980:95)

Use code:
SEED, ROOT