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Tree Shaggy Pea

Oxylobium robustum

Tree Shaggy Pea
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0

Oxylobium robustum is a shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to forest and heath from south-east Queensland to Newcastle in eastern New South Wales. It grows in moist, well-drained soil in full sun or light shade and is propagated from scarified seed or cuttings.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil moist while establishing, then water moderately; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained soil.
Temperature
Subtropical to warm temperate, roughly 10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland to New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Oxylobium robustum, commonly known as tree shaggy pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with linear to narrowly lance-shaped leaves with a sharp point, and yellow-orange flowers in racemes.

How to grow it

Oxylobium robustum can be propagated from scarified seed or cuttings and will grow in moist, well-drained soils in full sun or light shade.

Where it grows

Tree shaggy pea grows in forest and heath from south-east Queensland to Newcastle in eastern New South Wales.

Other Oxylobium plants

Mountain Mirbelia · Tall Shaggy Pea · Oxylobium cordifolium · Common Shaggy Pea · Oxylobium pulteneae · Shaggy Pea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oxylobium robustum 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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