Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Pultenaea
Bush peas.
All native to Australia.
Number of species is large and unknown. 100-200.
Botanists are still deciding how to classify plants in this genus.
Species: Pultenaea Daphnoides: Heartleaf Bush Pea: Large Leaf Bush Pea
Woody shrub.
Height 2.5 m
Width 2m.
Flowers: golden yellow in Spring/summer dense terminal clusters. Yellow and red.
Leaves: obovate. 4 cm long. 1 cm wide. Heart shaped leaves. Wide near tip.
Distribution: Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA, Tasmania, NZ.
Species: Pultenaea Juniperina” Prickly Beauty
Prickly shrub. Erect highly branched.
Height 2.5 m
Width 2 m
Suckering from roots leads to thickets.
Flowers: yellow/orange with dark red markings in clusters at terminal end of branches. Spring/summer.
Location: widespread south-east Australia.
Name means it looks like a junipers plant.
Leaves: 3 cm long. 2 mm wide. Shape varies with a sharp apex.
Seed pods 6/8 mm long.
Location: NSW, Victoria, Tasmania.
Family: Fabaceae
Species: Pultenaea Pedunculata: Matted Bush Pea
Prostrate plant.
Width 1 to 2 m.
Flowers yellow/orange with red centers in spring.
Seed pods are 5/7 mm long.
Location: NSW, SA, Victoria, Tasmania.
All Pultenaea need fire for germination of new plants.
Species: Pultenaea Stricta: Rigid Bush Pea
Dense spreading shrub.
Height 50 cm. Width 1 m.
Hardy
Flowers: spring
Leaves: elliptical. 1 cm long.
Location: NSW, SA, Victoria, Tasmania.
Genus: Pultenaea
Bush peas.
All native to Australia.
Number of species is large and unknown. 100-200.
Botanists are still deciding how to classify plants in this genus.
Species: Pultenaea Daphnoides: Heartleaf Bush Pea: Large Leaf Bush Pea
Woody shrub.
Height 2.5 m
Width 2m.
Flowers: golden yellow in Spring/summer dense terminal clusters. Yellow and red.
Leaves: obovate. 4 cm long. 1 cm wide. Heart shaped leaves. Wide near tip.
Distribution: Queensland, NSW, Victoria, SA, Tasmania, NZ.
Species: Pultenaea Juniperina” Prickly Beauty
Prickly shrub. Erect highly branched.
Height 2.5 m
Width 2 m
Suckering from roots leads to thickets.
Flowers: yellow/orange with dark red markings in clusters at terminal end of branches. Spring/summer.
Location: widespread south-east Australia.
Name means it looks like a junipers plant.
Leaves: 3 cm long. 2 mm wide. Shape varies with a sharp apex.
Seed pods 6/8 mm long.
Location: NSW, Victoria, Tasmania.
Family: Fabaceae
Species: Pultenaea Pedunculata: Matted Bush Pea
Prostrate plant.
Width 1 to 2 m.
Flowers yellow/orange with red centers in spring.
Seed pods are 5/7 mm long.
Location: NSW, SA, Victoria, Tasmania.
All Pultenaea need fire for germination of new plants.
Species: Pultenaea Stricta: Rigid Bush Pea
Dense spreading shrub.
Height 50 cm. Width 1 m.
Hardy
Flowers: spring
Leaves: elliptical. 1 cm long.
Location: NSW, SA, Victoria, Tasmania.