Scientific Name: Daviesia umbellulata

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  • Pronunciation:
    day-VEES-ee-ah um-bell-you-LAR-tah
  • Common Name:
    Bitter Pea
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Status:
    Common
  • Flowers:
    Yellow petals with brown coloured bases in spring. Held in umbels.
  • Fruit:
    Triangular pods
  • Flowers Color:
    Yellow
  • Fruit Color:
    Green
  • Vegetation Type:
    Eucalypt Forest, Coastal Heath, dry areas
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Yellow Pea Flowers, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., NNP Parkedge/Alex, Cooroibah26.4.09, Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, TAFE Noosa River NP BHNR Arthur Harrold NR
Identification Notes

**LOOK FOR: Leaves terminating in sharp points, yellow pea flowers held in umbels, petals with brown bases.**||Leaves terminate in sharp points

Associated Fauna

Small birds appreciate the protection of these prickly plants. Known food plant of Ground Parrots.

Landscaping Notes

Spectacular in flower. |Ornamental but rarely seen in cultivation