Pultenaea involucrata
| Mount Lofty bush-pea | |
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| Pultenaea involucrata in Scott Creek Conservation Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Pultenaea |
| Species: | P. involucrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pultenaea involucrata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pultenaea fuscata F.Muell. | |
Pultenaea involucrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-east of South Australia. It is a compact shrub with hairy branches, hairy egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves, and yellow and red flowers.
Description[edit]
Pultenaea involucrata is a compact shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and has branches with spreading, shaggy hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long on a short petiole with egg-shaped stipules at the base. The lower surface and the edges of the leaves are covered with long, shaggy hairs. The flowers are about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and arranged singly near the ends of short, leafy side-branchlets, the flowers with many overlapping bracts up to 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long at the base. The sepals are about 3 mm (0.12 in) long with egg-shaped bracteoles about 3 mm (0.12 in) long attached to the pedicel. The standard petal is yellow with a red base, about 8 mm (0.31 in) wide, the wings are yellow and oblong, and the keel is oblong with a red tip. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is an egg-shaped pod about 4 mm (0.16 in) long.[2]
Taxonomy and naming[edit]
Pultenaea involucrata was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by Ferdinand von Mueller in the Mount Lofty Ranges.[3][4] The specific epithet (involucrata) means having leaves or bracts around the base of the flowers.[5]
Distribution[edit]
This pultenaea occurs in the south-east of South Australia.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Pultenaea involucrata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Pultenaea involucrata". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Pultenaea involucrata". APNI. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 138. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 226. ISBN 9780958034180.