Oxylobium pulteneae

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Wiry shaggy pea
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Near Wollombi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Oxylobium
Species:
O. pulteneae
Binomial name
Oxylobium pulteneae
Synonyms [1]
  • Callistachys hamulosa(A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Callistachys pulteneae(DC.) Kuntze
  • Callistachys sparsa A.Cunn. ex Benth.
  • Chorizema pulteneae(DC.) F.Muell.
  • Chorozema pulteneaeF.Muell.
  • Oxylobium hamulosumBenth. ex A.Gray
  • Pultenaea acuminata R.T.Baker
  • Pultenaea sylvaticaDC. nom. inval., pro syn.

Oxylobium pulteneae, commonly known as wiry shaggy pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a low, spreading to prostrate shrub with linear to triangular or elliptic leaves and orange-red flowers.

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Description

Oxylobium pulteneae is a low, spreading to prostrate shrub that usually grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in), and has stems with soft hairs. The leaves are usually arranged in whorls of three, sometimes arranged alternately or in opposite pairs, and are linear to triangular or elliptic, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, with the tip and sides curved down. The flowers are borne in umbel-like racemes with egg-shaped to lance-shaped bracts and linear bracteoles at the base. The sepals are 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and the petals orange-red and about 10 mm (0.39 in) long. Flowering occurs in late spring and summer, and the seed pods are about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and covered with soft hairs. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Oxylobium pulteneae was first formally described in 1825 by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle and the description was published in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis . [4] [5]

Distribution and habitat

Wiry shaggy pea grows in forest, mainly in the Hunter Valley as far west as Goulburn River National Park and as far south as Wisemans Ferry. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Oxylobium pulteneae". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Wiecek, Barbara. "Oxylobium pulteneae". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 Fairley, Alan; Moore, Philip (1989). Native Plants of the Sydney District - an Identification Guide. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press. pp. 145–146.
  4. "Oxylobium pulteneae". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  5. de Candolle, Alphonse P. (1825). de Candolle, Alphonse P. (ed.). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Paris: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. p. 104. Retrieved 21 November 2024.