Kingdom Plantae Family Fabaceae Scientific name Pultenaea scabra Rank Species | Order Fabales Genus Pultenaea Higher classification Faboideae | |
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Similar Legumes, Pultenaea, Pultenaea gunnii, Pultenaea daphnoides, Pultenaea muelleri | ||
Pultenaea scabra, the rough bush-pea, is a shrub which is endemic to Australia. It is a member of the family Fabaceae and of the genus Pultenaea.
The species is an erect or spreading shrub that can grow up to 3 metre in height. The leaves have a rough surface and recurved edges. They are variable in shape and their length ranges from 3 to 16 mm in length and 2 to 13 mm in width.
The flowers, which appear in spring, are yellow with a red centre. The pods which follow are hairy with half their length concealed by the calyx
The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1811 in Hortus Kewensis.
It occurs in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.
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