Pultenaea vrolandii, commonly known as cupped bush-pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy, arching branchlets, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, and yellow to orange and red to brown flowers.
| Cupped bush-pea | |
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| Pultenaea vrolandii | |
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. vrolandii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pultenaea vrolandii | |
Description
editPultenaea vrolandii is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–2 m (1 ft 8 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has hairy, arching branchlets. The leaves are arranged alternately, elliptic or egg-shaped, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide with the edges curved inwards and dark brown stipules 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long at the base. The flowers are arranged near the ends of branches, each flower on a pedicel 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long with slightly enlarged stipules at the base and round, sticky bracteoles about 3–4.5 mm (0.12–0.18 in) long attached to the base of the sepal tube. The sepals are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, the standard is yellow to orange with red striations and 9.5–10 mm (0.37–0.39 in) long, the wings yellow and red to brown or purplish and 8.5–10 mm (0.33–0.39 in) long and the keel reddish purple and 6.8–9 mm (0.27–0.35 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to December and the fruit is a hairy pod about 5 mm (0.20 in) long.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
editPultenaea vrolandii was first formally described in 1905 by Joseph Maiden in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens collected "on the summit of a granite hill ... in the Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria" by Mr. Anton Vroland of Strathbogie State School.[4][6] The specific epithet (vrolandii) honours the collector of the type specimens.[4]
Distribution and habitat
editCupped push-pea grows in woodland and forest south from near Braidwood and Holbrook in New South Wales to scattered areas of eastern Victoria, including the Strathbogie Ranges and near Licola.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Pultenaea vrolandii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Corrick, Margaret G. "Pultenaea vrolandii". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Pultenaea vrolandii". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Maiden, Joseph (1905). "On three new species of Pultenaea". The Victorian Naturalist. 22 (7): 98–99. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ de Kok, Rogier; West, Judith G. (2003). "A revision of the genus Pultenaea (Fabaceae) 2. Eastern Australian species with velutinous ovaries and incurved leaves". Australian Systematic Botany. 16 (2): 269–270.
- ^ "Pultenaea vrolandii". APNI. Retrieved 4 October 2021.