Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Pultenaea rodwayi

Common name

A bush-pea

Family

Fabaceae

Where found

Wet and dry forest, woodland, and heath. Ranges between west of Jervis Bay and the Kings Highway.

Notes

Shrub to 2 m tall. Stems sparsely to moderately hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1.5-3.4 cm long, 0.8-1.8 mm wide, linear, cylindrical with a groove on the upper surface, tips pointed, surfaces smooth, both surfaces the same colour. Flowers 8-13 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, standard petal yellow to orange with red striations on front and back, wings yellow to orange, keel yellow to red. Bracteoles linear, inserted at the base of the calyx tube. Flowers in dense clusters. Flowers Spring. Pods sparsely hairy, smooth.

PlantNET description with line drawing:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pultenaea~rodwayi  (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): 257-259, Figs 8 (map), 9