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Discolobium psoraleifolium

Discolobium psoraleifolium
Photo: Roderick Cameron, CC BY 4.0

Discolobium psoraleifolium is a subshrub or shrub in the pea family, native to subtropical South America (Uruguay, NE Argentina, and West-Central and South Brazil). It is a little-known species grown mainly in botanic collections, so care is inferred from its native climate.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top few centimetres of soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, moderately fertile soil or a loam-based mix with added grit.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WC. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
Climate
subtropical

About

Discolobium psoraleifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. As a species native to South America, it can be found in Uruguay, Northeast Argentina, West-Central and South Brazil.

Other Discolobium plants

Discolobium hirtum · Discolobium junceum · Discolobium leptophyllum · Discolobium paucijugum · Discolobium pulchellum · Discolobium tocantinum · Discolobium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Discolobium psoraleifolium 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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