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Dwarf Bush Pea

Pultenaea humilis

Dwarf Bush Pea
Photo: Maree Goods, CC BY 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Australia
Climate
temperate

About

Pultenaea humilis, commonly known as dwarf bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a spreading, often low-lying shrub with branches that are hairy when young, elliptic to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow to orange and red flowers.

Where it grows

Dwarf bush-pea grows in heath, woodland and forest and is found in scattered populations on the south-western slopes of New South Wales, and the northern midlands of Tasmania. It is widespread and relatively common in central and western areas on and south of the Great Dividing Range in 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 humilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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