Pultenaea subspicata

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Low bush-pea
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Pultenaea subspicata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pultenaea
Species:
P. subspicata
Binomial name
Pultenaea subspicata
Habit near Nerriga Pultenaea subspicata habit.jpg
Habit near Nerriga


Pultenaea subspicata, commonly known as low bush-pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a low-lying, prostrate or mat-forming shrub with elliptic leaves and yellow to pink and orange-red, pea-like flowers.

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Description

Pultenaea subspicata is a low-lying, prostrate or mat-forming shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 60 cm (24 in) and has hairy stems when young. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches, elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long, 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide with stipules 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long at the base and pressed against the surface. The flowers are arranged in dense clusters near the ends of branches, with enlarged stipules at the base of the floral leaves. The sepals are 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long with linear, partly hairy, three-lobed bracteoles 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long attached to the base of the sepal tube. The standard petal is yellow to pink or orange-red and 7.6–9.5 mm (0.30–0.37 in) wide, the wings yellow to pink or orange-red 7.2–9.0 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long, and the keel orange to reddish-brown and 7.2–8.5 mm (0.28–0.33 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to January and the fruit is a glabrous, egg-shaped pod about 4.5 mm (0.18 in) long. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Pultenaea subspicata was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis . [6] [7] The specific epithet (subspicata) means "almost spicate". [8]

Distribution and habitat

Low bush-pea grows in forest, woodland and heathland, usually in stony places and is found on the coast and tablelands of New South Wales south from the Macleay River to a few places in far eastern Victoria. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

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