Pultenaea retusa, commonly known as notched bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with wedge-shaped or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow to orange and red to purple flowers.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Notched 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 linophylla
- Pultenaea tarik
- Pultenaea myrtoides
- Pultenaea scabra
- Pultenaea stricta
- Pultenaea daphnoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pultenaea
- Species
- Pultenaea retusa
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