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Gompholobium grandiflorum

Gompholobium grandiflorum
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0

Gompholobium grandiflorum, the large wedge-pea, is an erect shrub from eastern New South Wales with lemon-yellow pea flowers, grown in gardens that suit its sandy, well-drained native conditions. It does best in open, sunny spots with good drainage and little fertiliser.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce; avoid waterlogging and let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or acidic soil; sandstone-derived soils suit it best.
Temperature
10–28 °C; tolerates light frost but may be damaged by hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Gompholobium grandiflorum, commonly known as large wedge-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect, more or less glabrous shrub with trifoliate leaves and lemon-yellow and greenish, pea-like flowers.

Where it grows

Large wedge-pea grows in forest and heath on sandstone soils on the coast and nearby tablelands of New South Wales between Gosford and Jervis Bay and inland to the Blue Mountains.

Other Gompholobium plants

Gompholobium aristatum · Gompholobium aspalathoides · Gompholobium baxteri · Gompholobium burtonioides · Gompholobium capitatum · Gompholobium cinereum · Gompholobium confertum · Gompholobium cyaninum · Dwarf Wedge Pea · Gompholobium foliolosum · Gompholobium gairdnerianum · Dainty Wedge Pea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gompholobium grandiflorum 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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