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Bossiaea armitii

Bossiaea armitii
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Bossiaea armitii is a leafless, erect, rhizomatous shrub in the pea family native to Queensland, growing to about 3 m with flattened green stems (cladodes) that do the work of leaves. It is a wild woodland and riverside species rather than a common garden plant.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gravelly soil.
Temperature
15–35 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Bossiaea armitii is an erect, rhizomatous, leafless shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), and is native to Queensland.

Where it grows

It occurs in far north

Other Bossiaea plants

Alpine Bossiaea · Water Bush · Bossiaea arcuata · Bossiaea arenicola · Bossiaea arenitensis · Bossiaea atrata · Bossiaea aurantiaca · Bossiaea barbarae · Bossiaea barrettiorum · Bossiaea bombayensis · Holly Leaved Pea Flower · Mountain Leafless Bossiaea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bossiaea armitii 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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