Pultenaea dentata

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Clustered bush-pea
Pultenaea dentata near
Beremboke
, Victoria
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. dentata
Binomial name
Pultenaea dentata
Labill.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pultenaea argentea
    A.Cunn.
  • Pultenaea pimelioides
    Hook.f.

Pultenaea dentata, commonly known as clustered bush-pea,

endemic
to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect to low-lying or prostrate, open shrub with elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves and dense clusters of yellow, red and purple flowers.

Description

Pultenaea dentata is an erect to low-lying or prostrate, openly-branched shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–80 cm (7.9–31.5 in) and has wiry stems. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped or lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) long, 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) wide and dished on the upper surface. There are triangular to lance-shaped

pod.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Pultenaea dentata was first formally described in 1805 by Jacques Labillardière in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.[5][6] The specific epithet (densifolia) means "toothed".[7]

Distribution and habitat

This pultenaea grows in swampy heath or on the edges of streams in south-eastern, Queensland, on the coast and tablelands of New South Wales, southern Victoria, south-eastern South Australia and in Tasmania where it is widespread and common.[2][3][4][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pultenaea dentata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Corrick, Margaret G. "Pultenaea dentata". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Pultenaea dentata". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Pultenaea dentata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Pultenaea dentata". APNI. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ Labillardière, Jacques (1805). Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. Paris. pp. 103–104. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ISBN 9780958034180
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  8. ^ Jordan, Greg. "Pultenaea dentata". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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