Structural Features of the Desert Sturt’s Pea. The Desert Pea is also known as Swainsona Sturt’s Formosa. In Latin, Formosa means beautiful. The most common colours for the Desert Pea Sturt’s petals are blood red or scarlet, although they can be pink or white. They usually have a bulging black centre of the petal called the black boss. This beautiful plant is a member of the pea family and is a creeping vine with flowers that are approximately 9cm long. These flowers are arranged in clusters. There is normally 6 8 per – cluster and the clusters are on short, thick stalks. This amazing plant that has its fruit as a legume that is around 5cm long and holds several seeds. It can also stretch across the ground up to 2 metres across. Experiment: Minutes: Weight of sponge 1 (plastic Weight of sponge 2 (plastic shell): plate): 0 1.4 grams 1.4 grams 30 15.grams 9.7 grams 60 14.9 9.6 grams 1hr 30 14.3 9.4 Bibliography
Structural Features of the Sturt’s Desert Pea. The Sturt’s Desert Pea is also known as Swainsona Formosa. In Latin, Formosa means beautiful. The most common colours for the Sturt’s Desert Pea petals are blood red or scarlet, although they can be pink or white. They usually have a bulging black centre of the petal called the black boss. This beautiful plant is a member of the pea family and is a creeping vine with flowers that are approximately 9cm long. These flowers are arranged in clusters. There is normally 6 – 8 per cluster and the clusters are on short, thick stalks. This amazing plant that has its fruit as a legume that is around 5cm long and holds several seeds. It can also stretch across the ground up to 2 metres across. Experiment: Minutes: Weight of sponge 1 (plastic shell): Weight of sponge 2 (plastic plate): 0 1.4 grams 1.4 grams 30 15.grams 9.7 grams 60 14.9 9.6 grams 1hr 30 14.3 9.4 Bibliography
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