Oxylobium
| Oxylobium | |
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| Oxylobium cordifolium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Mirbelioids |
| Genus: | Oxylobium Andrews |
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Oxylobium, commonly known as shaggy-peas, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, all of which are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Oxylobium are prostrate or erect shrubs with simple leaves with the edges turned down, flowers in racemes, clusters or corymbs with 5 sepals, the standard petal longer than the wings and keel, and inflated oval or oblong pods.