Detail
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Pultenaea pedunculata
Matted Bush-pea
Notes

Uses: Ornamental dense matting ground cover for rockeries, embankments, verges, nature strips and roundabouts. Suitable for under shrub plantings.
Attracts nectar eating birds and insects.
Requires well-drained soils, prune if needed. Attracts native butterflies, caterpillar food plant.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 0.1-0.1m
  • Spread 1-3m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Fabaceae
  • Botanical Name Pultenaea pedunculata
  • Common Name Matted Bush-pea
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, Tas
  • Habit Dense, Spreading
  • Landscape Footslopes, Hills, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Moderate
  • Flower Colour Orange
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Pea
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Groundcover
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region