Pultenaea prolifera

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Otway bush-pea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pultenaea
Species:
P. prolifera
Binomial name
Pultenaea prolifera

Pultenaea prolifera, commonly known as Otway bush-pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south coast of Victoria. It is an erect shrub with needle-shaped leaves, and yellow and red pea-like flowers arranged singly in leaf axils on the ends of short side branches.

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Description

Pultenaea prolifera is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in), often with long, pendulous branches. The leaves are needle-shaped, 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide with lance-shaped stipules 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long at the base. The flowers are arranged in one or two leaf axils on the ends of short side branches with hairy, broadly egg-shaped bracts at the base. The sepals are 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long with hairy, broadly egg-shaped bracteoles 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long at the base of the sepal tube. The standard petal is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) wide and yellow with a red base. The fruit is a pod surrounded by the remains of the sepals. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Pultenaea prolifera was first formally described in 1922 by Herbert Bennett Williamson in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria from specimens collected near the Otway Forest in 1921. [3] [4]

Distribution and habitat

This pultenaea grows in the heathy understorey of forest in near-coastal areas of western Victoria. [2]

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References

  1. "Pultenaea prolifera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Corrick, Margaret G. "Hibbertia prolifera". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 Williamson, Herbert B. (1922). "A revision of the genus Pultenaea. Part III". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 35 (1): 102–103. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. "Pultenaea prolifera". APNI. Retrieved 16 August 2021.