Scientific Name: Pultenaea villosa

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  • Pronunciation:
    pull-ter-NEE-ah vee-LOWS-ah
  • Common Name:
    Hairy Bush Pea, Kerosene bush, Bronze Bush Pea
  • Derivation:
    Pultenaea: named in honour of Fitchard Pulteney (1730-1801) English botanist-surgeon who wrote about English plants. villosa: L. villosus - hairy. Villose - provided with long, soft, not matted, hairs. Shaggy.
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    FABACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Yellow, winter, spring
  • Fruit:
    Pod, short, globular
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Heath, Wallum Woodland
  • Species List:
    Yellow Pea Flowers, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Banana, Fraser Island, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, TAFE, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes

Honey Production: honey source nil, pollen source major.||

Identification Notes

**LOOK FOR: Brown hairy stems**||Small leaves, hairy. stems, globular pods.||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Chequered swallowtail.||

Landscaping Notes

Suitable plant for appropriate soil type (see Vegetation type)||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery||Add to mixed hedge or screen for seasonal colour.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||