Family | Fabaceae |
Description | Fast growing, open shrub to 1.5m tall. Compared to the inland forms, the coastal forms tend to be more spreading and rounded in form, have brighter pink flowers and shorter and more rounded leaflets. The fruit and seeds are also smaller. |
Flowering time | Late winter- spring. |
Distribution & botanical details | click here for information on the overall species. The coastal forms are found on the eastern side of the Dividing Range and the coastal plains and foothills. |
Vegetation communities | Dry and wet sclerophyll forest. |
Soil types/ecological niche | Variable, from sandy soils to basalt. Acts as both a primary coloniser as well as a long term component of the understory. Regenerates from the base following drought, fire or severe grazing. |
Values/uses | |
-habitat values | The foliage and pods are relished by kangaroos and wallabies. |
-amenity/ornamental values | Beautiful in flower. Faintly but pleasantly scented, the scent similar to that of wisteria. Useful coppicing ability. |
-economic/functional values | Extremely useful for revegetation of eroded sites, quarries and mines with rocky, skeletal substrates without topsoil. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | average |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average |
-shade | average-high |
-soil salinity | not known |
-salt spray | probably low |
-pH | 5-7 |
-minimum temperature | -3 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 350 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | hard seed coat |
-treatment | hot water 90 degrees for 1 minute |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | 5-25 |
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