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Pultenaea altissima
Tall bush-pea is an erect, drooping shrub of the pea family, native to heath and woodland near swamps and watercourses in south-eastern Australia. It grows 2 to 3 m tall and is best suited to moist, well-drained spots in a mild climate.
Pultenaea altissima, commonly known as tall bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with spatula-shaped to egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in clusters at the ends of branches.
This pultenaea grows in heath and woodland, often near swamps or watercourse, on the tablelands of New South Wales, south-eastern Queensland and the far north-east of Victoria.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pultenaea altissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
