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Purple coral pea
Hardenbergia violacea
Growing guidance
Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.
Current-climate suitability
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Sun
Partial shade
Soil moisture
free-draining, average
Heat tolerance
Up to about 44°C
Cold tolerance
Down to about -5°C
Waterlogging tolerance
1/5
Drought tolerance
5/5
Mature size
2–4 m tall, 2 m spread
Seasonal interest
Late winter to spring · Purple
Maintenance
low
Wildlife supported
General wildlife value 4/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)
Known risks or warnings
Frost-tender when young; needs drainage.
Toxicity: none
Verified botanical record
- Accepted scientific name
- Hardenbergia violacea (Schneev.) Stearn
- Family
- Fabaceae (Fabales)
- Rank and status
- species · accepted
- GBIF record
- Taxon 2948698
Hardenbergia violacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is known in Australia by the common names false sarsaparilla, purple coral pea, and waraburra. Elsewhere it is also called purple twining-pea, vine-lilac, and wild sarsaparilla. It is a prostrate or climbing subshrub with egg-shaped to narrow lance-shaped leaves and racemes of mostly purple flowers.
Description from Wikipedia — Hardenbergia violacea (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.
Native status and geographic context
- United Kingdom: climate-suitable
- United States: climate-suitable
- Australia: native
Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.
Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.