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ROUGH BUSH-PEA FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Rough Bush-pea
Description
Rough Bush-pea is an upright small shrub that grows to about one to two metres tall. The leaves are wedge-shaped (inverted triangular) with two lobes at the tip, and grow to about 15 mm long. The leaves have down curved margins and have a rough hairy surface. Clusters of pea flowers are about 1 cm long and are orange yellow with red centres and appear in spring. The fruit is flattened pea pods to 7 mm long.
Habitat
grows on heathland, moist woodland, dry eucalypt forest,
Distribution
Rough Bush-pea is found in south east of South Australia, Victoria and eastern New South Wales.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 1m - 2m
Spread: 0.5 m - 1.5m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Fabales | | Family: | Fabaceae | | Genus: | Pultenaea | | Species: | scabra | | Common Name: | Rough Bush-pea |
Relatives in same Genus
Pultenaea pedunculata
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