Bristly Bush-pea (Pultenaea acerosa)

Bristly Bush-pea, a reference photo — Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Pultenaea acerosa, commonly known as bristly bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a rigid, much-branched shrub with glabrous, grooved, needle-shaped leaves and yellow flowers with red veins.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Bristly 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 juniperina
Pultenaea mollis

Classification

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

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