Biology:Pultenaea ferruginea
| 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 Rudge[1]
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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.
Description
Pultenaea 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
Pultenaea 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
Large 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
- ↑ "Pultenaea ferruginea". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/59158.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Pultenaea ferruginea". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pultenaea~ferruginea.
- ↑ Wood, Betty. "Pultenaea ferruginea". Lucid Keys. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/pultenaea_ferruginea.htm.
- ↑ "Pultenaea ferruginea". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/463401.
- ↑ 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13721#page/331/mode/1up. 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q15525511 entry
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