Pultenaea benthamii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|name = Bentham's bush-pea
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|genus = Pultenaea
|species = benthamii
|authority = F.Muell.{{cite web|title=Pultenaea benthamii|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/57951|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=18 June 2021}}
|synonyms =
- Pultenaea benthami F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Pultenaea benthamii F.Muell. isonym
- Pultenaea benthamii F.Muell. var. benthamii
}}
Pultenaea benthamii, commonly known as Bentham's bush-pea,{{cite web |title=Pultenaea benthamii |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pultenaea~benthamii |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=21 June 2021}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with sharply-pointed, narrow elliptic to linear leaves and yellow to orange and red flowers in clusters at the ends of branches.
Description
Pultenaea benthamii is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|3.5|mm}} with stems that are hairy when young. The leaves are narrow elliptic to linear, {{cvt|5–25|mm}} long and {{cvt|1–3|mm}} wide with stipules {{cvt|1–2|mm}} long at the base and a sharply pointed tip. The flowers are about {{cvt|10|mm}} long and borne in clusters in leaf axils at the ends of side shoots on pedicels {{cvt|1–2|mm}} long. There are dark brown bracteoles {{cvt|2–5|mm}} long at the base of the sepals and bracts {{cvt|4–5|mm}} long that fall off as the flower opens. The sepals are {{cvt|3–6|mm}} long and covered with pale hairs. The standard petal is yellow and orange, {{cvt|11–12|mm}} long, the wings yellow to orange and the keel is red to purple. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is a flattened oval pod {{cvt|6–8|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Corrick |first1=Margaret G. |title=Pultenaea benthamii |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/da6641ab-4cde-44a1-a02f-8f9c792bd7c3 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=21 June 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Pultanaea benthamii |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/pultenaea_benthamii.htm |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=21 June 2021}}
Taxonomy and naming
Pultenaea benthamii was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Definitions of rare or hitherto undescribed Australian plants.{{cite web|title=Pultenaea benthamii|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/461445 |publisher=APNI|access-date=21 June 2021}}{{cite book |last1=von Mueller |first1=Ferdinand |title=Definitions of rare or hitherto undescribed Australian plants |date=1855 |publisher=Goodhugh & Trembath |location=Melbourne |page=5 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106365950&view=1up&seq=11 |access-date=21 June 2021}} The specific epithet (benthamii) honours George Bentham.
Distribution and habitat
This pultenaea grows in forest, woodland and heath with scattered populations in the Grampians National Park, in eastern Victoria and in the far south-east of New South Wales.
References
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)
Category:Flora of New South Wales