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Stylosanthes scabra
Also called Shrubby Stylo, Pencilflower, Shrubby Stylo
Pencilflower is a drought-tolerant subshrub in the pea family, native to tropical South America and widely grown as livestock forage. It thrives in warm, sunny, dry conditions with good drainage.
Stylosanthes scabra, the shrubby stylo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to tropical South America, and introduced to Hawaii and Australia. It is widely planted as a drought‑tolerant livestock forage.
Shrubby pencilflower · Stylo · Cheesytoes · Townsville stylo · Pencilflower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stylosanthes scabra 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.
