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Chorizema varium
Limestone pea (Chorizema varium), also called bush flame pea, is a low, spreading shrub from south-west Western Australia with heart-shaped, prickly-edged leaves and orange, yellow and pinkish-red pea flowers. It needs full sun and very good drainage, and is best kept on the dry side.
Chorizema varium, commonly known as bush flame pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with prickly, heart-shaped leaves and orange, yellow and pinkish-red flowers.
This species of pea grows on coastal limestone hills and outcrops in the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chorizema varium 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.
