Pultenaea daphnoides

Location & distribution maps

Common name:         Large-leaf Bush-pea

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

• The genus is named in honour of Richard Pulteney, an English surgeon and botanist, who also was the biographer of Linnaeus

• The specific epithet (daphnoides) means "Daphne-like"

Flowers

• The flowers are sessile, 7–15 mm long and arranged in dense clusters of five to eleven on the ends of branches, with overlapping bracts at the base

• The sepals are 4–6 mm long with linear bracteoles 2–4 mm long attached to the sepal tube

• The standard and wings are bright yellow, the standard 9–12 mm wide, the keel is scarlet and the ovary is covered with silky hairs

• Flowering occurs from September to November 

Fruit:                            

• An egg-shaped pod 5–7 mm long

Leaves:         

• The leaves are wedge-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base

• 5–40 mm long and 2–11 mm wide with a pointed tip 

• Stipules 1–2 mm long at the base

Stem & branches: 

• Hairy, four-angled stems

Roots:         

Habit:        

• An erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m

Habitat:   

• Heath and forest 

Distribution:                  

• South-east Queensland, along the coast and tablelands of NSW, to Victoria where it is widespread and common except in the north-east of that state and Tasmania where it is also widespread and common

• It also occurs in the south-east of South Australia, including on Kangaroo Island

Additional notes:    

• Taxonomy 

  • Pultenaea daphnoides was first formally described in 1798 by German botanist Johann Christoph Wendland in 1798 in his book, Botanische Beobachtungen

• Use in horticulture

  • Large-leaf bush-pea is a hardy, ornamental shrub and is useful as a feature plant or in an informal hedge, but should not be planted within 2 m of a sewer main

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pultenaea_daphnoides (2024)