Pultenaea brachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow, orange and brown flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Pultenaea |
| Species: | P. brachyphylla
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Description
editPultenaea brachyphylla is an erect, spindly shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 50 cm (20 in) with glabrous stems. The leaves are cylindrical but with a groove along the upper surface, 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long and 0.8–1 mm (0.031–0.039 in) wide and hairy with stipules at the base. The flowers are yellow, orange and brown with multicoloured blotches. The flowers are sessile or borne on a pedicel up to 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long with hairy bracteoles 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long. The sepals are 6–6.5 mm (0.24–0.26 in) long and hairy. The standard petal is 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long, the wings are 6.5–8 mm (0.26–0.31 in) long and the keel 7–8.5 mm (0.28–0.33 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to October and the fruit is an oval pod.[2]
Taxonomy and naming
editPultenaea brachyphylla was first formally described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] The specific epithet (brachyphylla) means "short-leaved".[5]
Distribution
editThis pultenaea occurs in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions, especially in the Fitzgerald River National Park in the south of Western Australia.[2]
Conservation status
editPultenaea brachyphylla is classified as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife[2] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Pultenaea brachyphylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Pultenaea brachyphylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Pultenaea brachyphylla". APNI. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Turczaninow, Nikolai (1853). "Papilionaceae. Podalyrieae et Loteae Australasicae Non-Nullae, Hucusque non Descriptae". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 26 (1): 279. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 23 June 2021.