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Eutaxia hirsuta

Eutaxia hirsuta is a spindly, erect pea-family shrub from the wheatbelt of south-west Western Australia, grown for its yellow and red pea-like flowers in October. It needs full sun, good drainage and dry conditions.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, nutrient-low ground.
Temperature
Tolerates Mediterranean-type temperatures; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Eutaxia hirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

The shrub has an erect and spindly habit with yellow and red coloured pea-like flowers that appear in October. It is found between Coolgardie, Kondinin, Merredin and Narembeen in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Other Eutaxia plants

Eutaxia acanthoclada · Eutaxia actinophylla · Eutaxia andocada · Eutaxia cuneata · Large Leaf Eutaxia · Eutaxia empetrifolia · Eutaxia epacridoides · Eutaxia exilis · Eutaxia inuncta · Eutaxia lasiocalyx · Eutaxia lasiophylla · Eutaxia lutea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eutaxia hirsuta 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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