Pultenaea petiolaris
| Woolly bush-pea | |
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| Near Expedition National 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. petiolaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Pultenaea petiolaris | |
Pultenaea petiolaris, commonly known as woolly bush-pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a low-lying shrub with linear leaves, pea-like flowers and flattened fruit.
Description
[edit]Pultenaea petiolaris is a low-lying shrub with hairy stems. The leaves are linear, 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, with stipules about 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long at the base. There is a groove along the upper surface of the leaves, the edges are rolled under and the lower surface is paler than the upper surface. The flowers are arranged in dense clusters on the ends of branches and are about 9 mm (0.35 in) long, each flower on a pedicel about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long and there are bristly bracteoles 5 mm (0.20 in) long attached near the centre of the sepal tube. The fruit is a flattened pod 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Pultenaea petiolaris was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham. Bentham's description was published in his book Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus.[3][4] The specific epithet (petiolaris) means "having a petiole".[5]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This pultenaea grows in heath, woodland and forest from the North Kennedy district, inland to the Maranoa in Queensland, and south to Grafton in north-eastern New South Wales.[2][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pultenaea petiolaris". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Pultenaea petiolaris". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Pultenaea petiolaris". APNI. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Bentham, George (1837). Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus. p. 18. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 275. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ de Kok, Rogier P.J.; West, Judith G. (2004). "A revision of the genus Pultenaea (Fabaceae) 3. The eastern species with recurved leaves". Australian Systematic Botany. 17 (3): 307.