Chorizema, commonly known as flame peas,[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia.
Description
Plants in the genus Chorizema are mostly shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes climbers, usually with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, 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. The fruit is an oval pod containing 4 to 32 seeds.[3][4][5]
Flame peas are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, apart from C. parviflorum that occurs in New South Wales and Queensland.[3][9]
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.[10]
^ abc"Chorizema". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
^"Chorizema Labill". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
^ abcCarrick, Margaret G.; Fuhrer, Bruce A. (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia (3rd ed.). Dural, N.S.W.: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 58–59. ISBN9781877058844.
^Wiecek, Barbara. "Genus Chorizema". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 69. ISBN9780958034180.
