Pultenaea patellifolia

Pultenaea patellifolia, commonly known as Mt Byron bush-pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Black Range in the Grampians National Park in Victoria. It is a spreading shrub with round leaves, and clusters of yellow and red, pea-like flowers.

Mt Byron bush-pea
In the Black Range State Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pultenaea
Species:
P. patellifolia
Binomial name
Pultenaea patellifolia

Description

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Pultenaea patellifolia is an open, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in). The leaves are arranged alternately, more or less round, 3.0–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) in diameter with inconspicuous, lance-shaped stipules about 1 mm (0.039 in) long at the base. The flowers are arranged in clusters on the ends of branches with sepals about 5 mm (0.20 in) long. There are overlapping, round, dark brown bracteoles about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter near the base of the sepal tube. The standard petal is 11–12 mm (0.43–0.47 in) wide and yellow with red lines, the wings yellow and the keel red. The fruit is a pod surrounded by the remains of the sepals.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

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Pultenaea patellifolia was first formally described in 1921 by Herbert Bennett Williamson in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria from specimens collected near Mount William.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

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This pultenaea grows in the heath understorey of forest and is mostly confined to the Black Range in the Grampians.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Pultenaea patellifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Corrick, Margaret G. "Hibbertia patellifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Williamson, Herbert B. (1928). "A revision of the genus Pultenaea. Part V." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 40 (2): 60–61. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Pultenaea patellifolia". APNI. Retrieved 7 August 2021.