Scented Bush-pea - native (Pultenaea graveolens)

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family).

Native of Australia.

Scented Bush-pea is abundant along parts of Porcupine Ridge Road south of Vaughan. It grows to a metre or more high. The flowers are single, on short stalks from the leaf bases.

VROTS: vulnerable. Listed under the Fauna and Flora Guarantee Act.

Identify by:

• its shrubby habit
• the small, shiny, crowded scented leaves.

Scented Bush-pea is listed as rare and endangered.

Name: graveolens:strongly smelling.