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Chorizema racemosum is a spreading or erect Western Australian shrub, up to about 2 m tall, that bears yellow-orange and red pea flowers from May to October. It is a hardy plant for dry, well-drained sites in mild climates.
Chorizema racemosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a spreading or erect shrub with leathery, linear leaves, and yellowish-orange and red pea flowers.
Chorizema racemosum grows on flats, undulating plains and near watercourses from Exmouth to Perth and inland as far as Meekatharra in the Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain and Yalgoo bioregions of southern Western Australia.
Needle Leaved Chorizema · Chorizema carinatum · Chorizema circinale · Australian Flame Pea · Chorizema cytisoides · Yellow Eyed Flame Pea · Chorizema diversifolium · Chorizema genistoides · Orange Flame Pea · Chorizema humile · Holly Flame Pea · Chorizema nanum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chorizema racemosum 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.
