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Chorizema obtusifolium
Also called Oxylobium Obtusifolium
Chorizema obtusifolium is a low, erect to trailing shrub from the coast of southern Western Australia, with orange and red pea flowers. It needs full sun and very free-draining soil, and is best suited to dry, coastal-style gardens.
Chorizema obtusifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the coast of southern Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading or trailing shrub with leathery, linear leaves, and orange, pinkish-orange and red pea flowers.
Chorizema obtusifolium grows on flats and sand dunes in near-coastal areas from near Jerramungup to Cape Arid National Park in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chorizema obtusifolium 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.
