Podalyria sericea
Common names
Satin bush
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Detailed description
Erect shrub to about 1 m tall, appearing silvery due to abundant silky hairs. Simple obovate leaves very shortly petiolate up to 35 mm long. Pink flowers about 10 mm long, held singly in the axils of upper leaves. The seed pod is up to 35 mm long.
Similar taxa
This species is distinguished from all of the other leguminous shrubs by the large simple silky leaves and the small solitary axillary flowers and very large, inflated, sausage like pods.
Habitat
Terrestrial. Especially at coastal sites.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Ecology
Flowering
throughout the year.
Year naturalised
1992
Origin
South Africa
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Tolerances
Can tolerate salt
Life cycle and dispersal
Reproduces by seed. Dispersed by people and gravity.