Pultenaea echinula
| Curved bush-pea | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
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. echinula
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| Binomial name | |
| Pultenaea echinula DC.[1] | |
Pultenaea echinula, commonly known as curved bush-pea,endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with linear, needle-shaped, grooved leaves, and dense clusters of yellow to orange and red flowers.
Description
Pultenaea echinula is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and has stems that are more or less
Taxonomy and naming
Pultenaea echinula was first formally described in 1825 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from an unpublished description by Franz Sieber.[4][5]
Distribution and habitat
This pultenaea grows in forest, often on rocky hillsides in the
Blue Mountains.[2]
References
- ^ "Pultenaea echinula". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Pultenaea echinula". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Wood, Betty. "Pultenaea echinula". Lucis Keys. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Pultenaea echinula". APNI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ de Candolle, Augustin P. (1825). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Paris. p. 112. Retrieved 6 July 2021.