Podolobium ilicifolium

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Podolobium ilicifolium
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Podolobium ilicifolium at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Podolobium
Species:
P. ilicifolium
Binomial name
Podolobium ilicifolium
Synonyms [2]
  • Callistachys ilicifolia(Andrews) Kuntze
  • Callistachys staurophylla(Sieber ex DC.) Kuntze
  • Chorizema trilobumSm.
  • Oxylobium ilicifolium(Andrews) Domin
  • Oxylobium staurophyllum(DC.) Benth.
  • Oxylobium trilobatumBenth.
  • Oxylobium trilobatum var. staurophyllumMaiden & Betche
  • Oxylobium trilobum(R.Br.) Benth.
  • Oxylobium trilobum var. staurophyllum(Sieber ex DC.) Maiden & Betche
  • Podolobium aquifoliumHereman
  • Podolobium aquifoliumLodd. ex G.Don
  • Podolobium berberifoliumA.Cunn. ex Lindl.
  • Podolobium berberifoliumJ.W.Loudon
  • Podolobium bidwellianumJ.W.Loudon
  • Podolobium staurophyllumSieber ex DC.
  • Podolobium trilobatumR.Br.
  • Podolobium trilobatum var. bidwellianaLoudon
  • Podolobium trilobumR.Br.
  • Podolobium trilobum var. bidwellianumLoudon
  • Pultenaea ilicifoliaAndrews

Podolobium ilicifolium, commonly known as prickly shaggy-pea, [3] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and grows in eastern and southern Australia. The inflorescence is a cluster of yellow or orange pea-like flowers with red markings and shiny green, prickly foliage.

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Description

Podolobium ilicifolium is an upright shrub to 3 m (9.8 ft) high with more or less smooth or soft hairy stems. The leaves are arranged opposite or nearly so, oval to narrowly oval shaped, 2–10 cm (0.79–3.94 in) long and 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide, upper surface smooth, distinctly veined, shiny, lower surface sometimes with soft hairs, margins lobed with a sharp point, on a petiole about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The inflorescences are borne in leaf axils or at the end of branches on a pedicel 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The corolla is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, standard petal yellow or yellowish-orange with a reddish centre, wings yellowish, and the keel is red. Flowering occurs from spring to early summer and the fruit is an oval or oblong pod about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) in diameter, and may be curved or straight. [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

Podolobium ilicifolium was first formally described in 1995 by Michael Crisp & P.H.Weston and the description was published in Advances in Legume Systematics. [6] The specific epithet (ilicifolium) means "holly leaved ". [7]

Distribution and habitat

Prickly shaggy-pea is a common plant, found in dry or moist sclerophyll forest, often on clay or sandstone based soils in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. [4]

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References

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