Heathy Bush-pea

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©Michael Bedingfield, Roy McDowall

Pultenaea procumbens


Spreading shrub to 1 m high with small narrow lance-shaped and sharp-pointed leaves alternating up the stem. Small pea flowers in the leaf bases at the ends of the branches.


Details
Flora Type
Shrubs
Distinctive Features

Leaves and syem covered with pale erect curved hairs when young.

Biology

Perennial shrub. Dry forests on rocky sites and stony soils.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Oct-Nov

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Pultenaea
Species
procumbens

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native