''Pultenaea stipularis'', commonly known as handsome bush-pea,
is a species of flowering plant in the family
and is
endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with
glabrous stems, linear to narrow elliptic leaves, and yellow to orange flowers, sometimes with red markings.
Description
''Pultenaea stipularis'' is an erect shrub that typically grow to a height of and has glabrous stems. The leaves are arranged alternately, linear to narrow elliptic, long and wide with
stipules long at the base. The flowers are arranged in dense clusters at the ends of branches and are long, each flower on a
pedicel
Pedicle or pedicel may refer to:
Human anatomy
*Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures
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long with overlapping
bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...
s at the base. The sepals are long, joined at the base, and there are linear to triangular
bracteoles long attached to the side of the sepal tube. The
standard petal is yellow to orange with red markings and long, the
wings are yellow to orange and long and the
keel is yellow to reddish-brown and long. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a
pod
Pod or POD may refer to:
Biology
* Pod (fruit), a type of fruit of a flowering plant
* Husk or pod of a legume
* Pod of whales or other marine mammals
* "-pod", a suffix meaning "foot" used in taxonomy
Electronics and computing
* Proper ort ...
about long.
Taxonomy
''Pultenaea stipularis'' was first formally described in 1794 by
James Edward Smith in ''
A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland''.
Distribution and habitat
Handsome bush-pea grows in forest and tall heathland between
Gosford on the
Central Coast and
Jervis Bay on the
South Coast South Coast is a name often given to coastal areas to the south of a geographical region or major metropolitan area.
Geographical
Australia
*South Coast (New South Wales), the coast of New South Wales, Australia, south of Sydney
* South Coast (Q ...
of New South Wales.
References
stipularis
Fabales of Australia
Flora of New South Wales
Taxa named by James Edward Smith
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