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Hoary Bush Pea

Pultenaea daltonii

Hoary Bush Pea
Photo: Pauline McCarthy, CC BY 3.0

Hoary bush-pea is an erect, hairy-stemmed shrub from western Victoria, Australia, with cylindrical grooved leaves and yellow pea flowers with red markings. It is a native plant best grown in a sunny or lightly shaded, well-drained spot.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional watering once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates lean soils.
Temperature
Cool to mild temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Pultenaea daltonii, commonly known as hoary bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to western Victoria, Australia. It is a spreading shrub with cylindrical leaves, grooved on the upper surface, and clusters of yellow flowers with red markings.

Where it grows

This pultenaea usually grows in dry rainforest and occurs in scattered locations in western and south-western Victoria.

Other Pultenaea plants

Bush Pea · Bristly Bush Pea · Pultenaea adunca · Grafton Bush Pea · Tall Bush Pea · Pultenaea arida · Bearded Bush Pea · Pultenaea aspalathoides · Budawang Bush Pea · Pultenaea barbata · Bentham's Bush Pea · Blakely's Bush Pea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pultenaea daltonii 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.

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