Pultenaea verruculosa explained

Pultenaea verruculosa 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 flat, hairy leaves, and yellow-orange and red, pea-like flowers.

Description

Pultenaea verruculosa is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has hairy stems. The leaves are flat, long and wide with stipules long at the base. The flowers are yellow-orange with red markings, each flower on a hairy pedicel up to 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 November and the fruit is a flattened pod.

Taxonomy and naming

Pultenaea verruculosa was first formally described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond.[1] [2] The specific epithet (verruculosa) means "somewhat covered with warts", referring to the leaves.[3]

Distribution

This pultenaea grows on sandplains in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions in the south of Western Australia.

Conservation status

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pultenaea verruculosa. APNI. 16 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 . 278–279 . 16 September 2021.
  3. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 334 . 3rd.