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Gompholobium ovatum

Gompholobium ovatum
Photo: Peter Ollerenshaw, CC BY 3.0 au

Gompholobium ovatum is a small erect or prostrate shrub from south-western Western Australia, grown for its pea-like yellow and orange-red flowers in late winter and spring. It needs well-drained soil and full sun, and is best treated as a short-lived garden shrub.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogging, as it is adapted to dry summers.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; acidic to neutral, low in phosphorus.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Gompholobium ovatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with egg-shaped leaves and yellow and red to purple, pea-like flowers.

Where it grows

This species of gompholobium grows on flats and rocky slopes in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western 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 ovatum 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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