Kangaroo Island bush-pea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Pultenaea |
Species: | P. trifida |
Binomial name | |
Pultenaea trifida | |
Pultenaea trifida, commonly known as Kangaroo Island bush-pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is an erect to prostrate shrub with hairy branches, egg-shaped to more or less round leaves, and relatively few yellow to orange and red, pea-like flowers.
Pultenaea trifida is an erect to prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1 m (1 ft 4 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has moderately hairy branches. The leaves are arranged alternately, and are egg-shaped to more or less round, 1.8–8.2 mm (0.071–0.323 in) long, 0.9–2.7 mm (0.035–0.106 in) wide with lance-shaped stipules 2.1–2.2 mm (0.083–0.087 in) long at the base. The flowers are relatively few in number and arranged singly or in small groups near the ends of short side shoots. They are about 7 mm (0.28 in) long and more or less sessile with several egg-shaped bracts at the base. The sepals are 4.0–4.5 mm (0.16–0.18 in) long with three-forked bracteoles about 4.5 mm (0.18 in) long below the base of the sepal tube. The standard petal is yellow-orange with red striations and 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long, the wings yellow to orange and 5.2–6.0 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, and the keel yellow with a red tip and 5.5–6.0 mm (0.22–0.24 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from September to November and the fruit is an egg-shaped, brown pod about 4.5 mm (0.18 in) long. [2] [3]
Pultenaea trifida was first formally described in 1909 by John McConnell Black in the Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia from specimens collected in 1908. [4] [5] The specific epithet (trifida) means "three-forked". [6]
Kangaroo Island bush-pea is common in heath and mallee on Kangaroo Island. [3]
Pultenaea tenuifolia, commonly known as slender bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a spreading or low-lying to prostrate and mat-forming shrub with hairy branches, narrow lance-shaped leaves, and yellow to orange and red, pea-like flowers.
Pultenaea pedunculata, commonly known as matted bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a prostrate, densely matted shrub with softly-hairy branches that often form roots, narrow elliptic leaves, and bright yellow and brick-red flowers.
Pultenaea densifolia, commonly known as dense-leaved bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a spreading or low-lying shrub with broadly egg-shaped, down-curved leaves and clusters of purple or yellow, red and purple flowers.
Pultenaea villosa, commonly known as hairy bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with softly-hairy foliage, narrow elliptic to linear, oblong to club-shaped leaves, and yellow-orange and reddish-brown, pea-like flowers.
Pultenaea capitellata, commonly known as hard-head bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a sprawling to prostrate shrub with elliptic to broadly egg-shaped leaves, and yellow to orange flowers with a red to purple keel.
Pultenaea humilis, commonly known as dwarf bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a spreading, often low-lying shrub with branches that are hairy when young, elliptic to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow to orange and red flowers.
Pultenaea insularis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is a spreading to prostrate shrub with wiry branches, elliptic leaves, and yellow and red flowers.
Pultenaea laxiflora, commonly known as loose-flower 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 to prostrate, spreading shrub with linear to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow and red to brown or purple 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 luehmannii, commonly known as thready bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Grampians National Park. It is a diffuse, more or less prostrate sub-shrub with trailing branches, narrow elliptic leaves, and orange and dark brown flowers.
Pultenaea paleacea, commonly known as chaffy bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a prostrate to spreading shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow to orange and red to purple flowers.
Pultenaea polifolia, commonly known as dusky bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect to prostrate shrub with linear or elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow to orange and red to purple flowers.
Pultenaea prostrata, commonly known as silky bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a small, rigid, wiry, low-lying or prostrate shrub with cylindrical leaves, and yellow, red and purple-brown flowers.
Pultenaea retusa, commonly known as notched bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with wedge-shaped or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow to orange and red to purple flowers.
Pultenaea rigida is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern South Australia. It is a rigid, erect to prostrate, much-branched shrub with lance-shaped, sharply-pointed leaves and yellow and red to purplish flowers.
Pultenaea subspicata, commonly known as low 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, prostrate or mat-forming shrub with elliptic leaves and yellow to pink and orange-red, pea-like flowers.
Pultenaea trichophylla, commonly known as tufted bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a slender, prostrate to erect shrub with hairy branchlets, lance-shaped leaves, and yellow to orange and red, pea-like flowers.
Pultenaea trinervis, commonly known as three-nerved bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-east of South Australia. It is a low, prostrate to erect shrub with hairy, elliptic to lance-shaped leaves and yellow to orange and red, pea-like flowers.
Pultenaea villifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to two disjunct areas of Australia. It is an erect to prostrate shrub with triangular to linear, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and yellow and red, pea-like flowers.
Pultenaea viscidula, commonly known as dark bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is an erect shrub with branches that are sticky when young, linear to cylindrical, channelled leaves with stipules at the base, and yellow to orange and yellow-red to green flowers.