Soft Bush-Pea

About

Pultenaea canaliculata, commonly known as coast bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to coastal areas of southern continental Australia. It is a rigid, spreading shrub with hairy, cylindrical leaves, and yellow and crimson flowers.

How to spot it

Pultenaea canaliculata is a rigid, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) with silky-hairy stems. The leaves are needle-shaped, 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long and 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide and densely hairy with stipules 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long at the base. The flowers are borne in clusters near the ends of branchlets surrounded by and often partially hidden by the leaves. There are lance-shaped to awl-shaped bracteoles about 6 mm (0.24 in) long

Documented on these trails

Found in

• Point Nepean National Park — Melbourne, the Dandenongs & Central Victoria hikes