Description
Podalyria calyptrata (Fabaceae) It is a sturdy, fast-growing, well-branched shrub of 2-3 m or a small tree of 4-5 m. The leaves are simple, alternate and oval or egg-shaped, 10-45 mm long and up to 25 mm wide, green-grey in colour and sparsely covered with silky white hairs on the upper and lower surfaces that give the leaves a silvery sheen. Young growth is velvety. The flowers are large, 25 mm or more across, very showy, mauve-pink to pink. Sowing : Pre-soak the seed for 24 hours in warm water and then sow in spring or autumn. Locality : Botrivier. Harvest : April 2021
