Hairy Bush-pea (Pultenaea villosa)

Hairy Bush-pea, a reference photo — Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Pultenaea villosa, commonly known as hairy bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with softly-hairy foliage, narrow elliptic to linear, oblong to club-shaped leaves, and yellow-orange and reddish-brown, pea-like flowers.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Hairy Bush-pea being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Pultenaea hispidula
Pultenaea parviflora
Pultenaea foliolosa
Pultenaea hartmannii
Pultenaea gunnii

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Pultenaea
Species: Pultenaea villosa

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