Chorizema
Flame Pea
Flame Pea
Common name: Flame Pea
Conservation status: ...
Etymology:
The genus name (Chorizema) means "divided thread", Labillardière having noted that the stamens are separate from each other
Flowers
The flowers usually arranged in racemes, each flower on a short pedicel
The sepal lobes are more or less equal, the upper pair broader and partly joined, the standard petal more or less round or kidney-shaped, the wings oblong and much longer than the keel
Fruit:
The fruit is an oval pod containing 4 to 32 seeds
Leaves:
Usually with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs
Stem & branches:
Roots:
Habit:
Plants in the genus Chorizema are mostly shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes climbers
Habitat:
Distribution:
Endemic to Australia
They are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, apart from C. parviflorum that occurs in New South Wales and Queensland
Species:
World:
Australia:
Additional notes:
Taxonomy
The genus Chorizema was first formally described in 1800 by Jacques Labillardière in his Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse,
The first species he described (the type species) was Chorizema ilicifolium
Use in horticulture
This genus of peas is valued in cultivation for their colourful flowers
Most species do not tolerate frost, and in temperate regions require the protection of glass
Species list
The following species and subspecies are accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of June 2020:[1]
Chorizema aciculare
Chorizema aciculare subsp. aciculare
Chorizema aciculare subsp. laxum
Chorizema carinatum
Chorizema circinale
Chorizema cordatum
Chorizema cytisoides
Chorizema dicksonii
Chorizema diversifolium
Chorizema genistoides
Chorizema glycinifolium
Chorizema humile
Chorizema ilicifolium
Chorizema nanum
Chorizema nervosum
Chorizema obtusifolium
Chorizema parviflorum
Chorizema racemosum
Chorizema reticulatum
Chorizema retrorsum
Chorizema rhombeum
Chorizema rhynchotropis
Chorizema spathulatum
Chorizema trigonum
Chorizema ulotropis
Chorizema uncinatum
Chorizema varium
Hybrids
The following hybrids have been described:
Chorizema ×lowii
Sources of information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorizema (Jan 2024)