Podalyria calyptrata Willd.
Half-hardy shrub with elliptic, grey-green leaves, to 5cm, and light pink to lavender-purple flowers with a white keel, to 4cm across, in spring and summer. To 3m. [RHSD, Hortus].
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘It has been long cultivated in this country, and grows with us to five or six feet in height, flowering in the spring. The flowers are delicately fragrant, resembling the odour of the sweet pea.’ [LBC no.649, 1822].
‘This plant, though rarely seen in blossom, has been long known in our nurseries, where it was generally called biflora.’ [BM t.1580/1813]. Introduced to Britain in 1792. [Don].
History at Camden Park
Listed in all published catalogues [T.769/1843].
Notes
Published Dec 24, 2009 - 04:31 PM | Last updated Jul 21, 2010 - 12:39 PM
Family | Fabaceae |
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Region of origin | South Africa |
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Name in the Camden Park Record |
Podalyria styracifolia |
Confidence level | high |