Kennedia Rubicunda "Dusky Coral Pea" seeds

KENNEDIA RUBICUNDA    “Dusky Coral Pea”

Family: Fabaceae. 

Sprouting: 10-50 days.

1 scoop - approx 25 seeds

Endemic to WA, SA, VIC, NSW and Tasmania, mainly in coastal areas.

Hardy, prostrate ground covering vine to 2m with pea-shaped red and yellow flowers.Prefers a dry, light-medium soil in an open sunny position.  Drought and frost resistant.

Scarlet pea-type flowers can be sucked to obtain sweet nectar. Flowers can also be used as a salad garnish or they be added to water where they’ll release a delicious nectar. The leaves can be steeped in hot water to create a liquorice-flavoured tea. 

It is a vigorous climber with stems up to 4m in length and oval-shaped leaflets in threes up to12 cm long. It is killed by bushfire and regenerates from seed  dormant in the soil.

Photo of flower: Dryas, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons; retrieved 22 May 2024 –3.39pm AEST and edited using Canva.

Photo of seeds: - June Parkin; Location: Sydney NSW, Australia; Date: 6OCT2023

****Please note: these are seeds (we are NOT selling these as live plants). Quarantine restrictions and costs prohibit us from selling these seeds to WA, Tas, and Internationally.