Scientific Name: Pultenaea retusa

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  • Pronunciation:
    pull-ten-EE--ah re-TUE--sah
  • Common Name:
    eggs and bacon
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Yellow, lower petals are red, winter, spring
  • Fruit:
    Pod
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Heath
  • Species List:
    Yellow Pea Flowers, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., NNP Parkedge/Alex, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, BHNR
Identification Notes

**LOOK FOR: Notched leaf tips.**||Leaves have notched tips, flower heads of 4-6||

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 Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||