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Fabaceae
Flame Pea
Chorizema cordatum
Fiery passion.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Chorizema
- Native to
- Western Australia
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 1-3 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- sandy, well-drained, acidic
- Water
- low to moderate
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Flame pea produces pea-flowers in a vivid bicolor pattern of orange and hot pink, creating a fiery display.
- The heart-shaped, holly-like leaves with spiny margins give rise to the species name 'cordatum' (heart-shaped).
- French explorer Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour discovered it dying of thirst and named the genus from Greek words meaning 'place of dancing' and 'drink'.
- It is one of the earliest Australian plants to be brought into European cultivation, arriving in the late 1700s.
- Unlike most legumes, chorizema does not fix atmospheric nitrogen through root nodules.
Color meanings
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passion
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energy
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vitality