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Common Wedge Pea

Gompholobium huegelii

Common Wedge Pea
Photo: Velela, CC BY-SA 3.0

Common wedge-pea is a small, erect or spreading native shrub of south-eastern Australia with pea-like cream to yellow flowers, grown in gardens for its long flowering season and tolerance of a range of conditions.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates dry periods once established.
Soil
Well-drained, light or sandy soil; tolerates poor soils and dislikes waterlogging.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates cool temperatures and light frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to Tasmania
Climate
subtropical

About

Gompholobium huegelii, commonly known as common wedge-pea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with trifoliate leaves and cream-coloured to yellow and greenish, pea-like flowers.

Where it grows

Common wedge-pea grows in heathland and forest in the far south-east of Queensland through the coast, tablelands and western slopes of New South Wales, the higher rainfall areas of Victoria and to Tasmania where it is widespread and common.

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 huegelii 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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