English Dictionary

Sturt's desert pea

noun

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

I saw a beautiful Sturt's desert pea while hiking in the Australian outback.

意味（1）

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

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, which resembles a multieyed visitor from another galaxy — but local designers were raised to regard native species as mundane and overly rustic.