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Podolobium ilicifolium
Also called Prickly Shaggy Pea
Podolobium ilicifolium, prickly shaggy-pea, is an eastern Australian shrub of the pea family grown for its yellow-orange pea flowers and prickly, shiny foliage. It suits dry, well-drained conditions and is best in full sun.
Podolobium ilicifolium, commonly known as prickly shaggy-pea, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and grows in eastern and southern Australia. The inflorescence is a cluster of yellow or orange pea-like flowers with red markings and shiny green, prickly foliage.
Prickly shaggy-pea is a common plant, found in dry or moist sclerophyll forest, often on clay or sandstone based soils in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Podolobium ilicifolium 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.
