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Mirbelia dilatata
Mirbelia dilatata is a bushy, erect shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its pink to violet pea-type flowers on prickly, leathery leaves. Give it full sun or light shade and very well-drained gravelly or sandy soil.
Mirbelia dilatata, commonly known as holly-leaved mirbelia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy, shrub with prickly leaves and pink, purple or violet flowers.
Holly-leaved mirbelia grows in gravelly and sandy soils or laterite in a range of habitats, including forest, woodland and kwongan. It is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Mirbelia aotoides · Mirbelia balsiformis · Bauer's Merbelia · Mirbelia confertiflora · Mirbelia corallina · Mirbelia densiflora · Mirbelia depressa · Mirbelia ferricola · Purple Mirbelia · Mirbelia granitica · Mirbelia longifolia · Mirbelia microphylla
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mirbelia dilatata 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.
