FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)

Showy Parrot Pea

 

0.3m - 0.6m (30-60cm) 

Pea, crowded in long sprays, orange/apricot/red tonings with blunt keel which is often greenish yellow. 

Seed pods 

Erect shrub with stiff, lightly haired branches. 

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Tamar 

Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland 

Widespread and frequent in dry open habitats. 

Dry 

 

Fertile; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained 

Suitable below powerlines. 

Pods small, sparsely hairy, turn brittle at maturity. each pod contains only one or two seeds which become hard and turn from green to dark brown when mature. pods can be picked close to maturity and stored in a warm area 

Hot water 

 

 

Seed extraction can be difficult although leaving seeds attached to the branch appears to aid opening. Pods that do not open will need to be crushed. Seed should be soaked in hot water (just off the boil) for a few hours. Itshould then be dried before sowing, or seed may be nicked . 

 

Yes 

 

 

No