Scientific Name: Pultenaea sericea

Common Name: chaffy bushpea

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Fabaceae

Threatened Species Status: Vulnerable

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Small, straggling shrub with hairy branches.

Height (m): 0.2 – 0.8

Flowers: Yellow pea flowers borne in short, dense racemes or heads at the end of branches.

Fruit: Seed pod – flattened pod, covered in silky hairs.

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Heath
Habitat Notes

Near the coast in the north-east.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Sandy, Clay

General Notes

Susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method

Seed Information