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Chorizema genistoides is a low, spreading or erect shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its yellow and red pea-like flowers. It needs full sun and well-drained soil to do well.
Chorizema genistoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying, spreading or erect that typically grows to a height of 20–60 cm (7.9–23.6 in) and has yellow and red, pea-like flowers. It was first formally described in 1855 by Carl Meissner, who gave it the name Oxylobium genistoides in Botanische Zeitung from specimens collected by James Drummond. In 1930, Charles Gardner transferred the species to Chorizema as C. genistoides. The specific epithet (genistoides) means "Genista-like".
Chorizema genistoides grows in sandy and clayey soils on scree slopes and on hills in the Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee, Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia. The species is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Needle Leaved Chorizema · Chorizema carinatum · Chorizema circinale · Australian Flame Pea · Chorizema cytisoides · Yellow Eyed Flame Pea · Chorizema diversifolium · Orange Flame Pea · Chorizema humile · Holly Flame Pea · Chorizema nanum · Chorizema nervosum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chorizema genistoides 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.
