Stony Range RBG FloraBanksia serrata Bird’s Nest Fern Boronia mollis x fraseri Broad-leaved Drumsticks Cabbage Tree Palm Cyathea australis Flame Pea Flannel Flower Fuchsia Heath Native Violet Pink Rock Orchid Pittosporum revolutum Staghorn
Also known as the Heart-leaf Flame Pea (Chorizema cordatum) and Australian Flame Pea, this is a small to erect or scrambling native shrub that can grow up to a metre in height and 1.5 metres wide.
This flowering shrubs has striking and profuse racemes of large pea flowers that are bright pink, orange and yellow. When in full bloom, the bush is a mass of brightly coloured flowers. The leaves of the Chorizema cordatum are often heart shaped, with slight undulate margins.
Endemic to south western parts of Western Australia, it is a popular garden planting and has been grown on the eastern coast, such as in Sydney.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Rosanae
- Order: Fabales
- Family: Fabaceae
- Genus: Chorizema
- Species: Chorizema cordatum
Footnote & References
- Chorizema cordatum Lindl., Flame Pea, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/8354183
Stony Range RBG FloraBanksia serrata Bird’s Nest Fern Boronia mollis x fraseri Broad-leaved Drumsticks Cabbage Tree Palm Cyathea australis Flame Pea Flannel Flower Fuchsia Heath Native Violet Pink Rock Orchid Pittosporum revolutum Staghorn
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