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Psoralea saxosa

Psoralea saxosa
Photo: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0

Psoralea saxosa is a tiny shrublet, up to about 20 cm high, with clover-like leaves and white pea-like flowers, known only from Garcia's Pass in the Western Cape of South Africa. It is a rare wild species rather than a commonly grown garden plant, so the care points below are general guidance for related Psoralea.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings, as it is adapted to dry rocky ground.
Soil
Fast-draining, gritty or sandy mix.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Psoralea saxosa is a small shrublet of up to 20 cm (7.9 in) high that has been assigned to the Pea family, with branches upright or horizontal at the base with rising tips. It has sessile, clover-like leaves and white, pea-like flowers that grow in triplets in the axils of the upper leaves of new, short side shoots. The species is only known from Garcia's Pass in Western Cape province of South Africa. Flowering occurs in October and November.

Other Psoralea plants

Psoralea curtisiae · Grimolobium holosericeum · Psoralea accrescens · Blue Fountain Pea Tree · Waterfall Fountainbush · Psoralea dreweae · Fascicled Fountainbush · Psoralea lucens · Psoralea nitens · Psoralea pilifera · Fountain bush · Psoralea spissa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Psoralea saxosa 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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