Botanical name

Liparia vestita

Family

Fabaceae

Common Name

Mountain Pea, Silver Pea

Synonym (old name)

Priestleya vestita
Liparia vestita
Liparia vestita
Liparia vestita
Liparia vestita
Liparia vestita
Liparia vestita

Description

Erect, multi-stemmed resprouting shrub up to 2.5m. Silvery, greyish leaves, overlapping, cup-shaped, slightly bristly above and shaggy, silvery underneath; strikingly beautiful yellow flowers, arranged in 4's at ends of the branches, browning with age.

Latin: vestitura, clothed with hairs: referring to the silvery, velvety leaves

Habitat

Mountain slopes up to 1000m

Flower Date

March to October