Scientific Name: Pultenaea paleacea var palacea

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  • Common Name:
    chaffy swamp pea
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Spring summer
  • Fruit:
    2-valved pod
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Heath
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Arthur Harrold NR,Yellow Pea Flowers, NLTalks2010, Peregian Boardwalk, Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, Emu Swamp, Marcus Dunes, Noosa North Shore PS, BHNR, Girraween,, NNS,
Identification Notes

**LOOK FOR: Orange yellow flowers with chaffy bracts.**||Branches have closely pressed silky hairs- Thin chaffy bracts with long points separate the flowers- Lobes shorter than tubes-

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Chequered swallowtail.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Suitable plant for appropriate soil type (see Vegetation type)||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||