Pultenaea cinerascens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to central New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with narrow oblong to wedge-shaped leaves, and groups of yellow and red flowers.
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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: | Pultenaea |
| Species: | P. cinerascens
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| Pultenaea cinerascens | |
Description
editPultenaea cinerascens is an erect to spreading shrub with softly-hairy branches. The leaves are narrow oblong to wedge-shaped, 3–15 mm (0.12–0.59 in) long and 0.5–1.0 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide with stipules 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long at the base and the edges rolled under. The flowers are arranged near the ends of the branchlets and are 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long on a pedicel 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) long with hairy, linear bracteoles 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long at the base of the sepals. The sepals are 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and hairy and the fruit is a flattened pod 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long.[2]
Taxonomy and naming
editPultenaea cinerascens was first formally described in 1905 by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales from specimens collected near Warialda by John Luke Boorman in 1905.[3][4] The specific epithet (cinerascens) means "becoming ash-grey".
Distribution and habitat
editThis pultenaea grows in forest on sandstone between Coolatai and Parkes in central New South Wales.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Pultenaea cinerascens". Australian Plant Census. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Pultenaea cinerascens". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Pultenaea cinerascens". APNI. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ Maiden, Joseph; Betche, Ernst (1905). "Notes from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney No. 11". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 30 (3): 361–362. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.12909. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.