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Myrtle Bush Pea

Pultenaea myrtoides

Myrtle Bush Pea
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0

Pultenaea myrtoides is an erect, small native shrub from eastern Australia with pea-like yellow flowers, grown in native gardens. It does best in open, free-draining sites with good light.

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 light loam; tolerates poor, acidic soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland to New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Pultenaea myrtoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, pea-like flowers and flattened fruit.

Where it grows

This pultenaea grows in heath and forest on the coast and tablelands of south-east Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales as far south as Port Stephens.

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 myrtoides 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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