Pultenaea muelleri

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Mueller's bush-pea
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In Baw Baw National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pultenaea
Species:
P. muelleri
Binomial name
Pultenaea muelleri
Synonyms [1]

Pultenaea muelleriBenth. var. muelleri

Pultenaea muelleri, commonly known as Mueller's bush-pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a dense shrub with hairy stems, elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow and red flowers arranged singly or in pairs on the ends of short side shoots.

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Description

Pultenaea muelleri is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has stems covered with tangled hairs. The leaves are elliptic to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) long and 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) wide with three or more parallel veins. The edges of the leaves curve inwards and there are stipules 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long at the base. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs on the ends of short side shoots with broadly egg-shaped, papery bracts 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The sepals are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long with egg-shaped bracteoles about 3 mm (0.12 in) long attached at the base of the sepal tube. The standard petal is 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in) long and yellow with a red base. Flowering occurs from November to January and the fruit is a hairy pod. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Pultenaea muelleri was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis . [4] [5] The specific epithet (muelleri) honours Ferdinand von Mueller. [6]

Distribution and habitat

Mueller's bush-pea grows on slopes in mountain forest and subalpine snow gum woodland mostly to the east of Melbourne. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pultenaea muelleri". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Corrick, Margaret G. "Pultenaea muelleri". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. Costermans, L. (1981). Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia. Australia: Rigby. ISBN   978-0727014030.
  4. "Pultenaea muelleri". APNI. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. Bentham, George (1864). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 138. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 256. ISBN   9780958034180.

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