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Pultenaea parviflora
Pultenaea parviflora, the Sydney bush-pea, is a small erect shrub from eastern New South Wales with yellow to orange pea flowers from August to November. It is only occasionally grown, and it does best in a sunny spot with well-drained soil.
Pultenaea parviflora, commonly known as Sydney bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is usually a small, erect shrub with wedge-shaped to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and clusters of yellow to orange and red flowers.
Sydney bush-pea is only occasionally grown in gardens but forms a small, bushy shrub in a sunny position. It grows best in well-drained soil and tolerates moderate frost. Propagation is from scarified seed or from cuttings.
Sydney bush-pea grows in heathy woodland on the Cumberland Plain, mostly between Windsor, Penrith and Dean Park, west of Sydney in eastern New South Wales.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pultenaea parviflora 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.
