What's amazing about the Regal Birdflower (Crotalaria cunninghamii) is that the petals look just like long-beaked birds!
This shrub grows in central Australia and traditional Aboriginal medicine uses its sap to treat eye infections. Aborigines have also used it to make sandals.
-via TYWKIWDBI | Photos by Atlas of Living Australia and indiie1, respectively
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This is absolutely wonderful!
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Darn, I was just chasing this story down. The picture at TYWKIWDBI was taken by -OctopusPrime.
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