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Pultenaea purpurea

Pultenaea purpurea is a small prostrate shrub from southern Western Australia, grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts for its yellow-orange and red pea flowers. It needs well-drained, sandy soil and full sun.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil; poor, sandy native soils suit it.
Temperature
Tolerates a range of conditions in its native Mediterranean-type climate; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Pultenaea purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a small prostrate shrub with cylindrical leaves and yellow-orange and red flowers.

Where it grows

This pultenaea grows on flats, depressions and slopes in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of southern 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 purpurea 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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