Family: Fabaceae-Faboideae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 2m high with hairy stems.
Flowers: Yellow pea flowers up to 1cm long with faint red markings on standard and borne in dense terminal clusters.
Flowering: August-October.
Fruit: A swollen pod 6-7mm long.
Leaves: Alternate, narrow, linear 1.5-2.5cm long and 1-2mm wide, concave and sharply tapered and crowded along stem with large rusty-brown 1cm long stipules.
Habitat: Fairly common in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Yellow pea flowers. Narrow sharply pointed leaves with large rusty stipules covering the stems.
Name:
Pultenaea After the English botanist Dr. William Pulteney.
stipularis From Latin stipula = a stalk or blade (referring to the stipules at the base of its leaves).
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Pea, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow, Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5 |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Pod |
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Colour |
Grey, Black |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Tapered-tip, Hairy |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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