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Platylobium montanum

Platylobium montanum
Photo: DavidFrancis34 from Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0

Platylobium montanum is a shrub native to Australia, in the pea family, described formally in 2011 and recognised in two subspecies. It is a plant of cool, upland and mountain country and is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, slightly acidic soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cold winters but protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Platylobium montanum is a shrub species that is endemic to Australia. It is a member of the family Fabaceae and of the genus Platylobium. The species was first formally described in 2011.

Two subspecies are currently recognised:

Other Platylobium plants

Victorian Flat-pea · Platylobium formosum · Platylobium infecundum · Platylobium obtusangulum · Platylobium parviflorum · Platylobium reflexum · Platylobium rotundum · Platylobium triangulare · Platylobium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Platylobium montanum 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.

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