| Pultenaea arida | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Pultenaea |
| Species: | P. arida |
| Binomial name | |
| Pultenaea arida | |
Pultenaea arida is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a low, spindly, spreading shrub with small, flat, hairy leaves and yellow, red or orange flowers.
Pultenaea arida is a spindly, prostrate or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) with hairy stems. The leaves are flat, 4–6.5 mm (0.16–0.26 in) long and about 3 mm (0.12 in) wide and hairy with stipules 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long at the base. The flowers are yellow, red or orange with spots and blotches of yellow, red or orange. Each flower is borne on a pedicel 1–4.5 mm (0.039–0.177 in) long with hairy bracteoles 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long at the base. The sepals are 5–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long and hairy. The standard petal and wings are 5–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long and the keel 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is an oval pod. [2]
Pultenaea arida was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in the Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie . [3] The specific epithet (arida) means "arid or dry". [4]
This pultenaea grows on flats in sandy or clay soils in the Coolgardie and Mallee biogeographic regions in the south of Western Australia. [2]
Pultenaea arida is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. [2]
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Pultenaea brachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow, orange and brown flowers.
Pultenaea brachytropis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with more or less cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow, red and orange flowers.
Pultenaea bracteamajor is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is an erect shrub with cylindrical leaves and yellow to orange and red flowers.
Pultenaea calycina is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas in the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with flat or more or less cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow and orange flowers.
Pultenaea craigiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to near Ravensthorpe in the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with densely hairy young stems, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow and red flowers.
Pultenaea cuneata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with triangular to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and groups of yellow to orange and red to purple flowers.
Pultenaea elachista is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with hairy foliage, oblong to egg-shaped leaves with a pointed tip, and yellow flowers with red or orange markings.
Pultenaea empetrifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spindly, prostrate or spreading shrub with down-curved, cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow to orange and red flowers.
Pultenaea linophylla, commonly known as halo bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with spreading branches, linear to elliptic or wedge-shaped leaves, and yellow to orange and red to purple flowers.
Pultenaea microphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect to prostrate shrub with narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and clusters of up to ten yellow to red flowers with reddish markings.
Pultenaea pinifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender shrub with pine-like leaves and yellow-orange flowers with orange marks.
Pultenaea procumbens, commonly known as heathy bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a low-lying or spreading shrub with lance-shaped or rhombic leaves and yellow, orange and red flowers.
Pultenaea purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a small prostrate shrub with cylindrical leaves and yellow-orange and red flowers.
Pultenaea rodwayi is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with hairy branchlets, linear leaves, and yellow to orange and red, pea-like flowers.
Pultenaea tarik is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Gibraltar Range National Park in New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with hairy, arching branchlets, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow to orange and red to purple, pea-like flowers.
Pultenaea verruculosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with flat, hairy leaves, and yellow-orange and red, pea-like flowers.
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