Family | Fabaceae |
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Description | Small, open rounded shrub |
Flowering Time | spring |
Distribution & Botanical Details | Click Here |
Florabank Profile | View |
Vegetation Communities | Widespread in heath and sclerophyl communities. |
Soil Types | Most common on sandy soils |
Values / Uses | |
Revegetation / Habitat Values | Able to colonise disturbed sites, subsoils and skeletal soils. |
Amenity / Ornamental Values | Very showy in flower. |
Other Values | Nitrogen fixer. |
Tolerances | |
Water Deficit | high |
Compaction | low |
Waterlogging | low |
Shade | low |
Minimum Temperature | -5 degrees |
Average no. Seeds per Gram | 170 |
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Viability Period | long |
Dormancy | physical |
Treatment | boiling water or scarification |
Days From First to Last Germination at 25 Degrees | 5-20 |
Direct Seeding | easy |