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Scientific Name

Sphaerolobium minus

Family Name

FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)

Common Name

Globe Pea

Status

Height

0.6m (60cm)

Flowers

Pea, small, yellow often with red markings, in long terminal sprays, arranged in twos or threes

Fruit

Seed pods

Form

Small, soft, rush-like shrublet.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Heath

Habitat Notes

Widespread in heathlands.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Well-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Oct

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Seed Collecting Months

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Pod, globular, turns from green to grey brown when ripe. harvest seed close to maturity and dry in warm area. seeds shed soon after maturity

Seed Treatment Method

Hot water

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Harvest seed close to maturity and dry in warm area. Nicking the seed provides the best results but hot treatment is the most commonly used. Soak in hot water (just off the boil) for a few hours. Dry seed before sowing.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes