Family | Fabaceae |
Description | Open upright small-medium shrub |
Flowering time | spring |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Sclerophyll communities and some grassy woodlands |
Soil types | A range of soils from well drained sands to periodically waterlogged clays. |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | Very useful coloniser of hostile sites. Widely used in roadside revegetation projects. Nesting site for small birds. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Showy in flower but a fairly stiff, unattractive plant at other times. Daviesia latifolia is superior for horticultural uses. Both species can be coppiced. |
-other values | Nitrogen fixer. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | high |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average |
-shade | low |
-minimum temperature | -5 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 100 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | physical |
-treatment | hot water 90 degress for 1 minute |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 6-20 |
-direct seeding | easy |
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