Genus Pultenaea Rank Species | ||
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Similar Pultenaea juniperina, Pultenaea scabra, Pultenaea gunnii, Pultenaea flexilis, Pultenaea daphnoides | ||
Pultenaea muelleri ( Mueller's bush-pea) is a shrub which is endemic to Victoria, Australia. The species is a member of the family Fabaceae and of the genus Pultenaea. It is a dense shrub that can grow to between 1 and 3 metres in height. The leaves are 10 to 20 mm long, 1 to 2 mm wide and have parallel veins and soft hairs on the undersides. The pea-shaped flowers, which are produced in terminal heads, are yellow with a red centre. These appear between October and January in the species native range.
The species was first formally described by botanist George Bentham in 1864 in Flora Australiensis. The specific epithet honours botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.
Pultenaea reflexifolia is a similar species that was originally described in 1940 as a Western subspecies of Pultenaea muelleri by botanist Jim Willis, based on plant material collected from Skipton, Victoria.