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Erythrina zeyheri
Also called Plough Breaker
Ploegbreker is a deciduous, geoxylic subshrub from the high grasslands of South Africa and Lesotho, growing up to about 60 cm, with most of its mass stored as an underground woody tuber. It favours deep clay soil near creeks and marshes, and it is generally grown as a garden plant rather than a houseplant.
Erythrina zeyheri, commonly known as the ploughbreaker, is a deciduous, geoxylic subshrub and member of the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to southern Africa. It grows no more than 60 cm tall and occurs naturally in the higher elevation grasslands of South Africa's central plateau, and that of adjacent Lesotho. They favour deep clay soil in the vicinity of creeks and marshes, and often form colonies.
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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.
