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
  • Flowers:
    Yellow petals with brown bases in spring
  • Fruit:
    Triangular pods
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wallum Woodland
  • 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

Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type)||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||