Chaffy bush-pea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Pultenaea |
Species: | P. sericea
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Binomial name | |
Pultenaea sericea | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pultenaea paleacea var. sericeaBenth. |
Pultenaea sericea, commonly known as chaffy bush-pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a small, straggling shrub with hairy branches, elliptic to linear leaves, and yellow and red to purple, pea-like flowers.