Family: Fabaceae-Faboideae
Plant: An open erect shrub up to 3m high.
Flowers: Yellow pea flowers up to 1cm long with a small red centre clustered in the leaf axils at the ends of the branches.
Flowering: October-November.
Fruit: Flattened pod 7-10mm long
Leaves: Opposite, narrow elliptic to obovate, flat or slightly concave 1-2cm long and 1-2mm wide tapering to a blunt point and paler on the underside.
Habitat: In wet and dry sclerophyll forest usually near streams and in gullies.
Features: Opposite narrow leaves paler on the underside. Yellow pea flowers with a small red centre.
Name:
Pultenaea After the English botanist Dr. William Pulteney.
blakelyi After Sydney botanist W. F. Blakely.
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Pea, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5 |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Pod |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval, Linear |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Tapered tip, |
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Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Wet sclerophyll forest, Dry sclerophyll forest |
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