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Large-leaf Bush-pea
Pultenaea daphnoides
-37.8972, 145.3
Field Notes
Description:
A shrub about 3 metres tall with bright yellow pea flowers with deep red keel petals and red markings radiating from the centre on the standard petals. Glossy leaves were wedge-shaped (cuneate) with a short spine at the tip. The flower buds were covered with brown bracts which drop off when the flower opens.
Habitat:
Spotted along the periphery of a sports oval - local park.
This plant is endemic to Australia and grows anywhere between heathland and wet sclerophyll forests along the South Australia, eastern coastal states and Tasmania.
Notes:
Family: Fabaceae
Reference Links:
Pultenaea daphnoides - Wikipedia
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
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