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Discolobium hirtum

Discolobium hirtum
Photo: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 4.0

Discolobium hirtum is a little-known shrub from the pea family, native to northeastern Brazil's seasonally dry tropical woodlands. It is rarely cultivated, so care guidance is limited and mostly inferred from its dry-climate origin.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings, reflecting its seasonally dry native habitat.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; avoid heavy, waterlogged mixes.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
NE. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Discolobium hirtum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Brazil, specifically the Northeast Region of the country.

Other Discolobium plants

Discolobium junceum · Discolobium leptophyllum · Discolobium paucijugum · Discolobium psoraleifolium · Discolobium pulchellum · Discolobium tocantinum · Discolobium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Discolobium hirtum 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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