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Sturt, n.4|stɜːt|
The name of Charles Sturt (1795–1869), Australian explorer, used attrib. or in the possessive in Sturt('s) (desert) pea to designate a plant collected by him in 1844, Clianthus formosus, a trailing perennial herb of the family Leguminosæ, native to desert regions of Western Australia and bearing racemes of red or white flowers blotched with black at the base.
1865J. E. Tenison-Woods Hist. Discovery & Exploration Austral. I. i. 29 Some of the species are engraved in one account of his [sc. Dampier's] voyage, amongst which appears the beautiful clianthus, known to the colonists as Sturt's Desert Pea. 1911W. R. Guilfoyle Austral. Plants 114 ‘Sturt's Desert Pea’..or ‘Australian Glory Pea’ (biennial), flowers scarlet. 1933[see clianthus]. 1936I. L. Idriess Cattle King iv. 27 The bluebush a sombre carpet splotched by scarlet patches of Sturt's desert pea. 1949D. Walker We went to Australia xix. 183 The sturt pea is the most sensational [wild flower of West Australia]. 1966Times 11 Nov. (W. Australia Suppl.) p. iv/2 There is the spectacular Sturt pea, sprawling crimson and black-hearted, on the red earth. 1977Caravan World (Austral.) Jan. 37/3 The scarlet splash of Sturt's Desert Pea..mellowing the stark red earth. 1979D. Bellamy in Radio Times 1–7 Dec. 5/1 Many Australian plants..have adapted to withstand bush fires... Sturt's Pea, the first plant to bloom after the ravages of fire. |