Chorizema cordatum, commonly known as heart-leaf flame pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. Noongar people know the plant as kaly. It is a woody, erect, scrambling or climbing shrub with heart-shaped leaves, the flowers usually brightly coloured in yellow, orange and red.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Heart-leaf Flame Pea being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chorizema retrorsum
- Chorizema ilicifolium
- Chorizema diversifolium
- Chorizema glycinifolium
- Gompholobium ovatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Chorizema
- Species
- Chorizema cordatum
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