Common name
Prickly Bitter-Pea, Gorse Bitter-Pea
Position
Full sun
Flower shape and colour
Pea shaped, Orange-yellow and yellow-brown
Form
Medium Shrub (Usually between 1.2m & 3.6m)
Suitability for landscaping
Ornamental feature plant in native landscapes or as foreground plants in low traffic areas. Can be used as a screen, barrier or informal hedge. Suitable for restricting access and areas of low maintenance due to its prickly branches. Bird and insect attracting, bird habitat. (Botanic Gardens of South Australia | Daviesia ulicifolia)
Very adaptable in gardens. Useful understorey planting. Prickly nature provides protection and bird habitat. (Yarra Ranges Council | Daviesia ulicifolia)
Propagation
By seed, requiring scarifying or softening (Seeds of South Australia | Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. ulicifolia).
Cultivation
Tube stock is available at Native nurseries, notably at the SA State flora nursery (SA State flora catalogue, p. 14)
References | acknowledgements
- Atlas of living Australia 2025, Daviesia ulicifolia | Gorse Bitter-Pea. Provides information about the spread of the species of Daviesia ulicifolia shrub across South Australia and other parts of South Eastern Australia.
- Botanic Gardens of South Australia 2025, Daviesia ulicifolia | Gorse bitter-pea. Provides information about the plant features and uses of the Native shrub: Daviesia ulicifolia.
- sarah_eucalypt 2023, Gorse Bitter Pea | Daviesia ulicifolia. Provides information about the image stored in iNaturalistAU of the Gorse Bitter Pea (Daviesia ulicifolia).
- Seeds of South Australia 2025, Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. ulicifolia (Leguminosae) | Gorse Bitter-pea Provides detailed information about the distribution of Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. ulicifolia in regional South Australia as well as images of the plant in situ and its seed.
- Yarra Ranges Council 2025, Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. ulicifolia | Gorse Bitter-pea. This plant directory search yields information about the Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. ulicifolia.