Pultenaea ferruginea, commonly known as large bronze bush-pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy stems, narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow to reddish-orange flowers with reddish-brown markings.
| Large bronze bush-pea | |
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| Pultenaea ferruginea on Barrenjoey Headland | |
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. ferruginea
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| Binomial name | |
| Pultenaea ferruginea | |
Description
editPultenaea ferruginea is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and has densely hairy stems. The leaves are narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, 3–15 mm (0.12–0.59 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) wide with the edges curved inwards and with stipules 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long at the base. The flowers are arranged near the ends of branchlets and are 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long on pedicels 1–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) long with narrow egg-shaped bracteoles 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long attached near the middle of the sepal tube. The sepals are 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long and the petals are yellow to reddish-orange sometimes with reddish-brown markings. The ovary is partly hairy and the fruit is a pod about 6 mm (0.24 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editPultenaea ferruginea was first formally described in 1816 by Edward Rudge in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.[4][5] The specific epithet (ferruginea) means "rust-coloured".[6]
Distribution and habitat
editLarge bronze bush-pea grows in forest, woodland and heath on the coast and ranges of New South Wales from the Central Coast to Tathra.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Pultenaea ferruginea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Pultenaea ferruginea". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Wood, Betty. "Pultenaea ferruginea". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Pultenaea ferruginea". APNI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Rudge, Edward (1816). "A Description of several new Species of Plants from New Holland". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 11 (2): 300–301. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 198. ISBN 9780958034180.