Pultenaea juniperina, or Prickly Bush-pea, is a plant of the family Fabaceae

Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...

 native to Eastern Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is a shrub to 3 metres sporting showy yellow-orange flowers with red markings. The leaves are 10 - 25 mm long and 1 - 4 mm wide with a pungent leaf apex (stiff pointy tip), hence the use of "Prickly" in the common name.. It is widespread and common in heaths, sclerophyll forests and woodlands in Eastern Australia and Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

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