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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Kennedia prostrata
Common Name: running postman
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Fabaceae
Form Description: Prostrate, spreading to 1m.
Flowers: Pea flowers red or, rarely, almost black. Solitary or two together.
Fruit: Seed pod – long brown pod which turns brittle at seed maturity; small black seeds.
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Habitat Notes
Colonises bare ground after fire or disturbance. Frost tolerance depends on material source.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Moist, Rocky
Soil Tolerance
Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy
General Notes
Bird attracting. Koori use: stems were used for string.
Propagation Calendar
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Flowering Month
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Seed Collecting Month
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Sowing Month
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Cutting Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed released immediately at maturity.
Seed Treatment Method
Hot Water Hot water is used to soften the hard seed case of some species. This replicates the weathering process. Pour hot (not boiling) water over the seeds and allow them to soak for 4-12 hours.
Seed Treatment Notes
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Germination Time
2-6 weeks
Cutting & Division Information
Easily propagated from cuttings. (Soft-stemmed cuttings have been struck in water. Cuttings between 250 and 300 mms were stripped of leaves on that part of the stem to be immersed, and from the part not immersed, only a few removed. [Eucryphia 3/1998])