Pultenaea spinulosa explained

Pultenaea spinulosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a shrub with flat, hairy leaves, and uniformly yellow flowers.

Description

Pultenaea spinulosa is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has hairy stems. The leaves are flat, long and wide with stipules at the base. The flowers are uniformly yellow, each flower on a hairy pedicel long with hairy bracteoles long attached to the pedicel. The sepals are hairy, long, the standard petal long, the wings long and the keel long. Flowering occurs from September to October and the fruit is a flattened pod.

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow who gave it the name Euchilus spinulosus in the Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond.[1] [2] In 1864, George Bentham changed the name to Pultenaea spinulosa in Flora Australiensis.[3] [4] The specific epithet (spinulosa) means "spiny", referring to the tips of the leaves.[5]

Distribution

This pultenaea grows on flats in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions in the south of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Pultenaea spinulosa is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Euchilus spinulosus. APNI. 4 September 2021.
  2. Turczaninow . Nikolai . Papilionaceae. Podalyrieae et Loteae Australasicae Non-Nullae, Hucusque non Descriptae . Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou . 1853 . 275–276 . 29 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Pultenaea spinulosa. APNI. 29 August 2021.
  4. Book: Bentham . George . von Mueller . Ferdinand . Flora Australiensis . 1864 . Lovell Reeve & Co. . London . 121–122 . 4 September 2021.
  5. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 311 . 3rd.