Pultenaea muelleri
Introduction '''''Pultenaea muelleri''''', commonly known as '''Mueller's bush-pea''', is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a dense shrub with hairy stems, elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow and red flowers arranged singly or in pairs on the ends of short side shoots.
Description ''Pultenaea muelleri'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of  and has stems covered with tangled hairs. The leaves are elliptic to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base,  long and  wide with three or more parallel veins. The edges of the leaves curve inwards and there are stipules  long at the base. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs on the ends of short side shoots with broadly egg-shaped, papery bracts  long. The sepals are  long with egg-shaped bracteoles about  long attached at the base of the sepal tube. The standard petal is  long and yellow with a red base. Flowering occurs from November to January and the fruit is a hairy pod.
Taxonomy ''Pultenaea muelleri'' was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in ''Flora Australiensis''. The specific epithet (''muelleri'') honours Ferdinand von Mueller.
Distribution and habitat Mueller's bush-pea grows on slopes in mountain forest and subalpine snow gum woodland mostly to the east of Melbourne.
References
External links * Herbarium specimen at Royal Botanic Gardens, KewCategory:Taxa named by George Bentham