Pultenaea reticulata explained

Pultenaea reticulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the far south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub with flat, elliptic leaves, and yellow-orange and reddish-brown flowers.

Description

Pultenaea reticulata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has hairy stems. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches, flat, elliptic, long and wide with stipules at the base and a sharp point on the tip. The flowers are yellow-orange and reddish-brown and sessile with bracteoles attached to the pedicel. The sepals are long, the standard petal long, the wings long and the keel long. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a flattened pod.

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1808 by James Edward Smith who gave it the name Daviesia reticulata in The Cyclopedia.[1] [2] In 1864, George Bentham changed the name to Pultenaea reticulata in Flora Australiensis.[3] The specific epithet (reticulata) refers to the veins in the leaves.[4]

Distribution

This pultenaea is usually found winter-wet places in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pultenaea radiata. APNI. 19 August 2021.
  2. Book: Smith . James Edward . Abraham Rees . The Cyclopedia . 1808 . Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown . London . 151 . 21 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Pultenaea reticulata. APNI. 21 August 2021.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 293 . 3rd.