Scientific Name: Pultenaea stricta

Common Name: rigid bushpea

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Fabaceae

Form Description: An erect or ascending shrub.

Height (m): 0.3 – 1.5

Flowers: Pea flowers, wings yellow, streaked purple; keel purplish-brown.

Fruit: Seed pod – triangular-oval, flattened, downy, turns from green to red-brown. Seeds become almost black and hard when ripe; 1-2 seeds per pod.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Heath
Habitat Notes

Widespread and locally abundant in damp heaths.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

General Notes

Susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Harvest seed close to maturity and dry in warm area. Seeds shed soon after maturity.

Seed Treatment Method

Hot Water Hot water is used to soften the hard seed case of some species. This replicates the weathering process. Pour hot (not boiling) water over the seeds and allow them to soak for 4-12 hours.

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed extraction can be difficult; leaving seeds attached to branch appears to aid opening of pod or pods may need to be crushed. Nicking seed before sowing is the best treatment but can be tedious.

Germination Time

2-6 weeks