
Mount Barney Bush-pea
Pultenaea whiteana
Family Fabaceae
Rare - Mount Barney/Maroon Endemic
About
Endemic to Mount Barney and Mount Maroon, this erect pea shrub was first collected from heath-like vegetation on Mount Maroon's upper rocky slopes and occurs at 900-1,200m altitude.
How to spot it
Erect shrub 0.5-1m with sparsely hairy linear leaves 6.2-10mm, yellow-to-orange pea flowers August-January, found in heath, forest understorey and on cliffs.
Found in
- Mount Barney National Park
Source: Wikipedia - Pultenaea whiteana
Photo: Murray Fagg (CC BY 3.0 AU) via Wikimedia Commons