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Podolobium aciculiferum
Also called Needle Shaggy Pea
Spiny shaggy pea is a shrub native to eastern Australia, growing 1 to 3 m high with stiff pointed leaves and yellow pea flowers with red markings. It grows naturally in wet, stony sites in forest margins, so it is best given moist, well-drained conditions.
Podolobium aciculiferum, commonly known as needle shaggy-pea, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and endemic to eastern Australia. It has stiff, pointed leaves and yellow pea-like flowers with red markings.
Needle shaggy-pea grows in wet locations in sclerophyll forests and rainforest margins, usually in stony situations on escarpments and the coast north of Nerrigundah.
Podolobium aestivum · Alpine Shaggy Pea · Native Holly · Podolobium procumbens · Netted Shaggy Pea · Podolobium
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Podolobium aciculiferum 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.
