Pultenaea muelleri
Mueller’s Bush-pea
Soft, dense shrub with pale hairs on stems.
Additional information
- FamilyFabaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Size0.5-2.5 m x 0.5-2 m
- Plant groupingShrubs to 2m
- LeavesCrowded, narrowly elliptic flat or concave leaves 7-15 mm x 1-2 mm, sharply pointed tip, scattered pale hairs above, 3 or more parallel veins below. Stipules 2-3 m
- Flower colourYellow and red
- Flowering timeNovember to January
- FlowersSingle, occasionally 2, pea flowers at ends of short branchlets.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist well drained soils of moist forests on mountain slopes. Frost and snow tolerant. Dappled shade. Germinates prolifically after fires.
- Garden useFast growing plant for quick effect. Tip pruning beneficial.
- Commercially availableNo information available
- Conservation statusLocally common within its preferred growing conditions
- Related speciesThe pea plants can be difficult to identify. All Pultenaeas have stipules, small leaf-like structures, on the stem at the base of the leaf.
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Photographer/s: 1, 4, 5 Peter Kinchington ©; 2 Yarra Ranges Council photo library; 3 Owen Gooding ©
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