Pultenaea glabra

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Smooth bush-pea
Pultenaea glabra near Cowra and Grenfell
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. glabra
Binomial name
Pultenaea glabra
Benth.[1]

Pultenaea glabra, commonly known as smooth bush-pea,

endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with glabrous
stems, linear to egg-shaped leaves with a concave upper surface, and yellow to red and orange flowers.

Description

Pultenaea glabra is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.5–3 m (4 ft 11 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has glabrous stems. The leaves are arranged alternately, linear to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide with a concave upper surface and

pod about 5 mm (0.20 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Pultenaea glabra was first formally described in 1864 by

Blue Mountains by Richard Cunningham.[4][5] The specific epithet (glabra) means "without hair".[6]

Distribution and habitat

Smooth bush-pea grows in swampy places in forest in the higher parts of the Blue Mountains in eastern New South Wales.[2]

Conservation status

This pultenaea is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act. The main threats to the species are its restricted distribution, habitat loss, weed invasion and drying of the species' habitat.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Pultenaea glabra". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Pultenaea glabra". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ^ Wood, Betty. "Pultenaea glabra". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Pultenaea glabra". APNI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 125. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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  7. ^ "Smooth bush-pea - profile". New South Wales Government Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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