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1. Photograph 35.2.36: 'Sturt's desert pea - natives call it Malu currir wrne (TBC), a little kangaroo eyes. Shinny black.'
Description: Sturt Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa) in flower. The annotation includes a drawing of the 'eye' of the flower.