FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)

Smooth Parrot Pea

 

1.2m (120cm) 

Bright yellow pea flowers with red markings, flowers arranged in short terminal heads. 

Seed pods 

Shrub with slender arching branches. 

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar 

Coastal Vegetation; Heath 

Widespread and frequent in wet heaths both coastal and inland. In cultivation they require good drainage, preferably a sandy soil, mulching and about half shade. 

Moist 

 

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

Susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Suitable below powerlines. 

Pods short, rounded, 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. It should then be dried before sowing, or seed may be nicked . 

 

Yes 

 

 

No