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Sophora flavescens
Shrubby sophora is a slow-growing, mostly evergreen shrub from East Asia, reaching about 1.5 to 2 m, grown for its racemes of pale flowers. The key to growing it is moist but well-drained soil in full sun, as it does not tolerate shade.
Sophora flavescens, the shrubby sophora, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to a wide area of East Asia.
Sophora flavescens is an evergreen slow growing shrub growing to 1.5 m (5 ft) by 1 m (3.3 ft). It is hardy to 0–10 °F (−18 – −12 °C) and to US zone 6. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It requires moist soil. Like many other species in the family Fabaceae, this species can fix nitrogen.
Chemical compounds isolated from S. flavescens include:
Matrine and matrine oxide, quinolizidine alkaloids found in the roots
Sophora flavescens is native to China, Mongolia, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East. It mainly grows on mountainous slopes, sandy grassland inclines, shrub forests, or around the fields, typically at elevations below 1,500 m (5,000 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sophora flavescens 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.
