Sturts Desert Pea Tapestries

Sturt’s Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa. Outback South Australia. A hardy dry land plant with enormous black and red pea flowers. In good seasons the plants will grow to be 5 metres or more in diameter. The flower is the floral emblem of South Australia. (Featrured in The Woman Photographer and others.) (3609 views at 16 November 2015)

One of Australia's most striking and popular wildflowers and an icon of the Aussia outback . This Sturt's Desert Pea was taken at the Alice Springs Botanical Gardens on my Red Centre Photography Tour.

Sturts Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa, showing the mass of flowers on a large plant. Outback South Australia. A hardy dry land plant with enormous black and red pea flowers. In good seasons the plants will grow to be 5 metres or more in diameter. The flower is the floral emblem of South Australia. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in Australian Native Plants.)

Detailed closeup portrait of Sturt's Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa. Outback South Australia. A hardy dry land plant with enormous black and red pea flowers. In good seasons the plants will grow to be 5 metres or more in diameter. The flower is the floral emblem of South Australia. The plant is especially hard to grow in domestic situations and only flowers in the wild when conditions are absolutely perfect. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in Plants at Risk, and Other Groups.) .

Sturts Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa, showing a small part of a huge plant. Outback South Australia. A hardy dry land plant with enormous black and red pea flowers. In good seasons the plants will grow to be 5 metres or more in diameter. The flower is the floral emblem of South Australia. Canon 500D, zoom lens. (Featured in Artist's Universe & Other Groups.) (4060 views at 23 April 2015)

The stunning floral emblem of South Australia, taken at Coober Pedy on a recent photography tour.

Taken at Coober Pedy on a South Australian Photography tour I hosted in 2019