About Pultenaea scabra R.Br.
Pultenaea scabra R.Br. (common name rough bush-pea) is an erect or spreading shrub that usually reaches 1 to 3 meters (3 feet 3 inches to 9 feet 10 inches) in height. Its stems are covered in dense hairs. Leaves are alternately arranged, shaped from wedge-like to heart-shaped with the narrower end at the base. Each leaf measures 3 to 16 millimeters (0.12 to 0.63 inches) long and 2 to 13 millimeters (0.079 to 0.512 inches) wide. At the base of each leaf are triangular to lance-shaped stipules 1 to 4 millimeters (0.039 to 0.157 inches) long. Leaf edges curve downward or roll inward, and each leaf ends in a small sharp point. Flowers are usually arranged in dense clusters of more than three blooms. Each individual flower grows on a 0.5 to 1 millimeter (0.020 to 0.039 inches) long pedicel. More or less round bracts 1 to 3 millimeters (0.039 to 0.118 inches) long attach at the flower base, along with hairy bracteoles 3 to 5 millimeters (0.12 to 0.20 inches) long that attach to the base of the sepal tube. Sepals measure 4 to 6 millimeters (0.16 to 0.24 inches) long. The standard petal is yellow with a red base, and is 7 to 12 millimeters (0.28 to 0.47 inches) long. The wing petals are yellow and red, and are shorter than the standard petal. The keel petal is dark red to crimson, and around the same length as the wing petals. Flowering takes place from September to November. The fruit is a flattened, egg-shaped pod 5 to 7 millimeters (0.20 to 0.28 inches) long. This species grows in heathland and forest. It occurs south of Rylstone in New South Wales, in southern Victoria (mainly south and east of the Great Dividing Range), and in the far south-east of South Australia.
