Pultenaea tuberculata, commonly known as the wreath bush-pea,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It has yellow and red pea flowers and is endemic to Australia.
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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. tuberculata
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Description
editPultenaea tuberculata is a spreading to upright shrub to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high, soft with curly hairs on the stems that are obscured by stipules. The leaves are arranged alternately, crowded, narrowly elliptic to narrow egg-shaped, spathulate, flat to concave, mostly 3.2–15 mm (0.13–0.59 in) wide, 1.5–5 mm (0.059–0.197 in) wide. The leaf apex either pointed or rounded, rarely aristate, margins curved inward, upper surface lighter green than underside, stipules 3–6.5 mm (0.12–0.26 in) long. The inflorescence are borne at the end of stems, mostly in dense, leafy clusters, individual flowers 10–16 mm (0.39–0.63 in) long, orange-yellow with red markings on a pedicel 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) long, bracteoles 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long, hairy and joined to the stipules just below the apex, calyx 7.5–8 mm (0.30–0.31 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to February and the fruit is a swollen pod about 5 mm (0.20 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editPultenaea tuberculata was first formally described in 1805 by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon and the description was published in Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum.[4][5] The specific epithet (tuberculata) means "tuberculate" or "covered with small warty lumps".[6]
Distribution and habitat
editWreath bush-pea grows in relatively high rainfall areas, on dry sclerophyll forest, scrub and heathland on sandstone from Lake Macquarie in the north to Bermagui in the south.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Pultenaea tuberculata". Australian Plant Census.
- ^ a b Weston, P.J; de Kok, R.P.J. "Pultenaea tuberculata". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Fairley, Alan; Moore, Philip (2010). Native Plants of the Sydney Region. Sydney: Jacana. p. 202. ISBN 9781741755718.
- ^ "Pultenaea tuberculata". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik (1805). Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum. p. 454.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 329. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Pultenaea tuberculata". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Pultenaea tuberculata". Australian National Botanic Gardens - the Pea Key. Retrieved 30 June 2019.