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Golden Bush Pea

Pultenaea gunnii

Golden Bush Pea
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0

Golden bush-pea is a slender, erect to spreading Australian shrub of forest and woodland, grown for its bright yellow and dark red pea flowers in spring. It is a native species, so it does best in conditions close to its natural habitat.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let it rely on rainfall; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic to neutral soil; sandy or loamy mixes suit it.
Temperature
5–30 °C; tolerates light frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Australia
Climate
temperate

About

Pultenaea gunnii, commonly known as golden bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a slender, erect to spreading shrub with hairy young stems, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with lance-shaped stipules at the base, and bright yellow and dark red flowers.

Where it grows

Golden bush-pea is common and widespread in eastern Victoria and in Tasmania, where it grows in forest and woodland. It is also found on the south coast of New South Wales. Subspecies tuberculata is only known from the Brisbane Ranges in southern 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 gunnii 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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