Characteristics
A plant which keeps growing from year to year. It grows to 60 cm high and spreads to 50 cm across. The stems are erect and smooth and hairy. The leaves are light green and divided. It has narrow soft leaflets 2 cm long. The flowers are pea shaped and pink. They are large and occur in dense heads. The fruit are pods. These are 3.5-4 cm long and 3 mm wide. They are stiff and smooth. The seeds are dark brown to black and 1.5 mm across.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
0.5
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.6
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
rhizobia
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
|
Environment
It is a temperate plant. It prefers light to medium soils. It needs a protected, shady position. It is frost resistant and can stand salt spray. It is damaged by drought. It needs a well drained sandy soil and full sun. Tasmania Herbarium.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seed or cuttings. Firm tip cuttings are used.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
14 - 30
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
12 - 18
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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