Elusive Bush-pea - profile

Indicative distribution

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Scientific name: Pultenaea elusa

Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered

Commonwealth status: Endangered

Gazetted date: 11 Dec 2009

Profile last updated: 18 Mar 2024

Description

The Elusive Bush-pea is a low shrub with trailing stems to 60 cm long. Its sparse leaves are up to 17 mm long and 3 mm wide, with curled-under edges. The small pea-shaped flowers are yellow and reddish-orange. The keel petals (underneath the flower) are dark reddish-brown to reddish-orange, grading abruptly to pale greenish at the base.

Distribution

The Elusive Bush-pea has only been recorded twice, in 1938 at Penrose and Wingello on the Southern Tablelands.

Habitat and ecology

Both collections of the Elusive Bush-pea record the habitat only as swamp.
Flowering has been recorded in September and October.

Regional distribution and habitat

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Sydney Basin

Threats

Until populations are found, threats are unknown.
There has been some past draining of swamps in the Penrose area. Sand mining could have exacerbated changes to the hydrology.
Insufficient understanding on abundance and threat status.

Recovery strategies

A Saving Our Species conservation project is currently being developed for this species and will be available soon. For information on how you can contribute to this species' recovery, see the Activities to assist this species section below.

Activities to assist this species

Conduct further surveys, particularly where further sand-mining is proposed in an effort to locate more individuals.
Damage to or changes in hydrology of swampy vegetation must be avoided.
Retain or reintroduce ecologically sustainable water flows to swampland habitat.