| Erect or bushy shrub to 1.5 m high. Attractive shrub and grows well in well drained soils in full sun to semi-shade. Leaves are variable and are narrow to broadly lance-shaped to about 50 mm long. The pea-type flowers are yellow with a red or pink centre. Flowering occurs in late spring to early summer. The typical "pea" flowers consist of 4 petals; the "standard", the "keel" and two "wings" The name "York Road Poison" comes for the old stock road where it was said to have kill stock who ate the plant. Approx 10 seeds. |