Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Pultenaea mollis
Common name
Guinea flower bush pea, Soft bush-pea, Sticky bush-pea
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Dry forest, heath, and swamps. Coast, ranges, and the eastern part of the tablelands north of Milton and south of Tathra.
Notes
Shrub to 3 m tall. Stems sparsely to densely hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.5-2.6 cm long, 0.2-1.6 mm wide, concave in cross section, tips pointed and slightly curved down, margins rolled upwards or rarely curved upwards, lower surface with loosely appressed, spreading or occasionally wart-based hairs; upper surface, when visible, hairless. Flowers 7-13 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, yellow to orange with red markings, and red keels. Bracteoles linear, sticky, inserted at the base of the calyx tube to boat-shaped, or 3-toothed at the tips. Flowers in leafy clusters. Flowers Spring to summer. Pods sparsely hairy, smooth.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pultenaea~mollis (accessed 2 February, 2021)
Description partly taken from: Kok, R.P.J. de & West, J.G., (2003) A revision of the genus Pultenaea (Fabaceae) 2. Eastern Australian species with velutinous ovaries and curved upwards leaves. Australian Systematic Botany 16(2): 249-251, Fig. 5
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