Common name
Matted Bush-Pea
Position
Full and partial shade
Flower shape and colour
Yellow-orange, pea shaped
Form
Prostrate ground cover with height of 0.1 metres with spreading habit.
Suitability for landscaping
Ornamental dense matting ground cover for rockeries, embankments, verges, nature strips and roundabouts. Suitable for under shrub plantings.
Propagation
Methods to rupture the seed coat include scarification with sand paper or nicking the seed coat with a sharp blade or hot water treatment by immersion in boiling water.
Cultivation
Well drained soil in sun or part shade.
References | acknowledgements
- Atlas of living Australia 2025, Pultenaea pedunculata | Matted Bush-Pea. Provides information about the spread of the species of Pultenaea pedunculata shrub across South Australia and other parts of Australia.
- Botanic Gardens of South Australia 2025, Pultenaea pedunculata | Matted Bush-pea. Provides information about the plant features and uses of the Native shrub: Pultenaea pedunculata.
- Seeds of South Australia 2025, Pultenaea pedunculata (Leguminosae) Matted Bush-pea. Provides information about the distribution, plant characteristics, as well as seed collection and viability.