Pultenaea ochreata explained

Pultenaea ochreata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and yellow-orange flowers with red or brown marks.

Description

Pultenaea ochreata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to . The leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide with stipules at the base. The flowers are yellow-orange with red or brown marks, and sessile. The sepals are hairy and long with hairy bracteoles long at the base. The standard petal is long, the wings long and the keel long. Flowering occurs from July to October and the fruit is a flattened pod.

Taxonomy and naming

Pultenaea ochreata was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[1] [2] The specific epithet (ochreata) means "having a sheath" of stipules.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This pultenaea grows in sandy soil in winter-west places in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

Pultenaea ochreata is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pultenaea ochreata. APNI. 3 August 2021.
  2. Book: Meissner . Carl . Lehmann . Johann G.C. . Plantae Preissianae . 1. 1844 . Hamburg . 75 . 3 August 2021.
  3. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 264 . 3rd.