Pultenaea barbata

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Pultenaea barbata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pultenaea
Species:
P. barbata
Binomial name
Pultenaea barbata
Habit near Jerdacuttup Pultenaea barbata habit.jpg
Habit near Jerdacuttup

Pultenaea barbata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a prostrate or spreading, spindly shrub with hairy, needle-shaped leaves and yellow, red, orange or brown flowers with red or yellow markings.

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Description

Pultenaea barbata is a spindly, prostrate or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.25–1.0 cm (0.098–0.394 in) with glabrous stems. The leaves are cylindrical but with a groove along the upper surface, 3–17 mm (0.12–0.67 in) long and 0.5–1.0 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide and hairy with stipules at the base. The flowers are yellow, red, orange or brown with spots and blotches of yellow, red or orange. Each flower is borne on a hairy pedicel 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long with hairy bracteoles about 4 mm (0.16 in) long at the base. The sepals are 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long and hairy. The standard petal is 6.5–8 mm (0.26–0.31 in) long, the wings 7–7.5 mm (0.28–0.30 in) long and the keel is yellow, 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is an oval pod. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Pultenaea barbata was first formally described in 1904 by Cecil Rollo Payton Andrews in the Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society from specimens he collected near the Phillips River in 1903. [4] The specific epithet (barbata) means "bearded", referring to the style. [5]

Distribution and habitat

This pultenaea grows on plains in the Esperance Plains, Mallee and Warren biogeographic regions in the south of Western Australia. [2]

Conservation status

Pultenaea barbata is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. [2]

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References

  1. "Pultenaea barbata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pultenaea barbata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. Andrews, Cyril R.P. (1904). "Additions to the West Australian Flora". Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society. 2 (1): 38–39. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. "Pultenaea barbata". APNI. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 143. ISBN   9780958034180.