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Scented Bush Pea

Pultenaea graveolens

Scented Bush Pea
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0

Pultenaea graveolens is a strongly scented, resinous native shrub from Victoria, Australia, grown mainly for its fragrance and yellow pea flowers. It suits dry, open native gardens and is best grown from seed or cuttings in well-drained soil.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogging and let the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, lean soils.
Temperature
Hardy in cool to mild climates; frost tolerant; protect young plants from severe frost and extreme heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
South Australia to Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Pultenaea graveolens, commonly known as scented bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a strongly scented shrub with hairy stems, egg-shaped leaves with boat-shaped stipules at the base, and flowers that are mostly yellow.

Where it grows

Scented bush-pea grows in the understorey of forests and occurs in scattered populations north of Melbourne including in the northern Grampians and Brisbane Ranges National Park.

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 graveolens 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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