Commemorating Peter Good, an English gardener and botanical collector with Robert Brown on HMS Investigator; he died in Sydney in 1803.
Shrubs to 4 m tall or so tall. Leaves stalked, of 3 pinnately arranged leaflets. Flowers in clusters, yellow marked with purple or brown. Calyx 2-lipped. Stamens forming a tube around the ovary. Fruit pod stalked, flattened.
Grown for the attractive foliage and flowers.
1-3 species endemic to Australia.
Seed (pre-treated) or cuttings.
Leaves of 3 pinnately arranged leaflets; stamens in a sheath open on the upper surface.
Source: (2002). Fabaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.