Coastal bush-pea | |
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In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Pultenaea |
Species: | P. maritima
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Binomial name | |
Pultenaea maritima |
Pultenaea maritima, commonly known as coastal bush-pea[2] or coastal headland pea,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a prostrate, mat-forming shrub with elliptic, or oblong to spatula-shaped leaves and pea-like flowers.