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Handsome Wedge Pea

Gompholobium knightianum

Handsome Wedge Pea
Photo: Jean and Fred from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Handsome Wedge Pea is a small, slender shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its pink or purple pea-like flowers that appear mainly from July to December. It needs good drainage and full sun to grow well.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty mix; tolerates poor, nutrient-low soil.
Temperature
Mild temperate to subtropical conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia, SE. South Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Gompholobium knightianum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with pinnate leaves, and mostly pink or purple, pea-like flowers.

Where it grows

This pea grows is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions in the south-west of Western Australia.

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 knightianum 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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