Podolobium ilicifolium, commonly known as prickly shaggy-pea,[3] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and grows in eastern and southern Australia. The inflorescence is a cluster of yellow or orange pea-like flowers with red markings and shiny green, prickly foliage.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Podolobium |
| Species: | P. ilicifolium
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Description
editPodolobium ilicifolium is an upright shrub to 3 m (9.8 ft) high with more or less smooth or soft hairy stems. The leaves are arranged opposite or nearly so, oval to narrowly oval shaped, 2–10 cm (0.79–3.94 in) long and 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide, upper surface smooth, distinctly veined, shiny, lower surface sometimes with soft hairs, margins lobed with a sharp point, on a petiole about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The inflorescences are borne in leaf axils or at the end of branches on a pedicel 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The corolla is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, standard petal yellow or yellowish-orange with a reddish centre, wings yellowish, and the keel is red. Flowering occurs from spring to early summer and the fruit is an oval or oblong pod about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) in diameter, and may be curved or straight.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
editPodolobium ilicifolium was first formally described in 1995 by Michael Crisp and Peter Weston and the description was published in Advances in Legume Systematics.[6] The specific epithet (ilicifolium) means "holly leaved ".[7]
Distribution and habitat
editPrickly shaggy-pea is a common plant, found in dry or moist sclerophyll forest, often on clay or sandstone based soils in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.[4]
References
edit- ^ Malcolm, P. (2012). "Podolobium ilicifolium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T19892616A20129408. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19892616A20129408.en. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Podolobium ilicifolium". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Podolobium ilicifolium". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Garden Victoria. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Podolobium ilicifolium". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 83
- ^ "Podolobium ilicifolium". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780958034180.