Hardenbergia violacea
Purple Coral-pea
Wiry twining or prostrate subshrub.
Additional information
- FamilyFabaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- SizeTrailer to 2 m
- Plant groupingClimbers & creepers
- LeavesLeathery dark green egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with network of veins, paler below, 2-10 cm x 0.5-6 cm.
- Flower colourDeep purple with green centre
- Flowering timeJuly to November
- FlowersLarge sprays of 20-40 pea flowers, massed along branches. White and pink forms are available commercially but are not local.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingFood plant for caterpillars
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsWell drained soils in dryish open forests and woodlands. Tolerates light frosts. Full sun, semi-shade.
- Garden useVery showy scrambler which will lightly twine over shrubs and on trellises or remain flat. Many forms commercially available.
- Commercially availableAustralian plant & indigenous nurseries. Plants in general nurseries rarely local.
- Conservation statusWidespread within the Shire
- Aboriginal Use Drink - leaves brewed; flowers - dye
- Related speciesMore vigorous and shrubby forms are not local to the Shire.
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Photographer/s: 1 David Blair ©; 2, 3 Peter Kinchington ©
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