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Pultenaea ochreata

Pultenaea ochreata
Photo: Michael Crisp, CC BY 3.0

Pultenaea ochreata is a small erect shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its yellow-orange pea flowers. It suits sandy, well-drained soil in a sunny spot.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let it rely mostly on rainfall once settled; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining, low-fertility soil; acidic to neutral.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions; tolerates light frost, protect from severe cold.
How easy
Moderate

About

Pultenaea ochreata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and yellow-orange flowers with red or brown marks.

Where it grows

This pultenaea grows in sandy soil in winter-west places in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

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 ochreata 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.

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