Aotus ericoides

Taxobox
name = Common Aotus

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
tribus = Mirbelieae
genus = "Aotus"
species = "A. ericoides"
binomial = "Aotus ericoides"
binomial_authority = (Vent.) Don
synonyms=
*"Aotus ferruginea" Labill.
*"Aotus villosa" Sm.
*"Aotus villosa" var. "ericoides" (Vent.) DC.
*"Aotus villosa" var. "ferruginea" (Labill.) DC.
*"Aotus virgata" Sieber ex DC.
*"Daviesia ericoides" (Vent.) Pers.
*"Pultenaea ericoides" Vent.

"Aotus ericoides" , also known as Common Aotus, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to eastern Australia.

The species grows up to two metres in height. Its leaves are 0.6 to 2 cm long and 0.1 to 0.5 cm wide. From late winter into spring it produces yellow pea flowers with a red-orange band around a yellow centre and bright yellow wings and keel.

The species was first formally described in 1803 in "Jardin de la Malmaison" and was assigned the name "Pultenaea ericoides". In 1832, the species was transferred into the genus "Aotus".

It occurs in heathland and dry sclerophyll forests in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

References

*APNI | name = Aotus ericoides| id = 42472
*NSW Flora Online|author= |genus= Aotus|species= ericoides