Fabaceae
Pictetia aculeata
Pictetia aculeata
Also known as Pictetia jussiaei, Aeschynomene aristata, Pictetia squamata, Robinia squamosa
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Caribbean Native · Tropical Shrub · Fabaceae · Pictetia · Rare · Perennial · Part Shade · Flowering · Slow Growing
Pictetia aculeata is a slow-growing tropical shrub native to the Caribbean, best grown outdoors in warm, humid climates with partial shade. It prefers well-draining soil and regular watering without waterlogging. This rare leguminous plant is suited to subtropical and tropical garden settings and is not frost tolerant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until soil is evenly moist, allowing the top inch to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8.5
- Temperature
- 55°F to 100°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 9a-12b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 3 ft – 10 ft
- Spread
- 6.7 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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