Williamson's Bush-Pea

About

Pultenaea williamsoniana, commonly known as Williamson's bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Victoria, Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with its stems covered with white hairs, and has cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow to orange and red, pea-like flowers arranged in clusters on the ends of short side branches.

How to spot it

Pultenaea williamsoniana is a slender, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) and has its stems covered with white hairs. The leaves are cylindrical with a groove along the upper surface, 6–15 mm (0.24–0.59 in) long, 0.2–0.5 mm (0.0079–0.0197 in) wide tapering to a sharp point and with dark brown stipules 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long at the base. The flowers are yellow to orange and red, arranged in clusters of three to five on the ends of short side branches with s

Documented on these trails

Found in

• Mount Buangor State Park — The Grampians & Western Victoria hikes