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Almaleea cambagei

Almaleea cambagei
Photo: C.E. Woolcock, CC BY 3.0

Almaleea cambagei, the Torrington pea, is a small upright, spindly shrub to about 2 m with orange-yellow pea flowers, native to swampy heath in the New South Wales Tablelands. It is best suited to a cool, moist, well-drained site in a native or cottage garden.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist during establishment and in dry spells, but avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Acidic, moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil or a native-plant mix.
Temperature
5–25 °C; tolerates cold winters, protect from severe frost and heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
New South Wales (N. Tablelands)
Climate
subtropical

About

Almaleea cambagei commonly known as Torrington pea, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a small upright shrub with orange-yellow pea flowers and grows in New South Wales.

Where it grows

Torrington pea grows in swampy heath at altitudes above 1000 metres in Glencoe and Torrington areas of New South Wales.

Other Almaleea plants

Slender parrot-pea · Almaleea incurvata · Almaleea subumbellata · Almaleea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Almaleea cambagei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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