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Pultenaea trifida, the Kangaroo Island bush-pea, is a small erect to prostrate shrub from Kangaroo Island, South Australia, with yellow to orange pea-like flowers in spring. It is best grown in well-drained, sunny conditions, typical of its heath and mallee habitat.
Pultenaea trifida, commonly known as Kangaroo Island bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is an erect to prostrate shrub with hairy branches, egg-shaped to more or less round leaves, and relatively few yellow to orange and red, pea-like flowers.
Kangaroo Island bush-pea is common in heath and mallee on Kangaroo Island.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pultenaea trifida 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.
