Pultenaea largiflorens
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|name = Twiggy bush-pea
|image = Pultenaea largiflorens.jpg
|image_caption = In Belair National Park
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|genus = Pultenaea
|species = largiflorens
|authority = F.Muell. ex Benth.{{cite web|title=Pultenaea largiflorens|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/60236|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=23 July 2021}}
|synonyms =
- Pultenaea largiflorens F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Pultenaea largiflorens F.Muell. ex Benth. var. largiflorens
- Pultenaea largiflorens var. latifolia H.B.Will.
- Pultenaea stricta var. largiflorens (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Ewart
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Pultenaea largiflorens, commonly known as twiggy bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a rigid, erect shrub with narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and bright yellow and crimson flowers.
Description
Pultenaea largiflorens is a rigid erect shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|30–50|cm}}, sometimes higher, and has softly-hairy stems. The leaves are wedge-shaped to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, {{cvt|3–10|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.5–4|mm}} wide with triangular stipules less than {{cvt|1|mm}} long pressed against the stem at the base. The leaves are often folded lengthwise and the upper surface is paler than the lower. The flowers are {{cvt|6–8|mm}} long, sessile or on a pedicel less than {{cvt|1.5|mm}} long. There are overlapping oblong bracts {{cvt|2–4|mm}} long at the base of the flowers. The sepals are {{cvt|6–7|mm}} long with egg-shaped bracteoles about {{cvt|3|mm}} long near the base of the sepal tube. The standard and wings are yellow to orange, the standard {{cvt|7–10|mm}} long, and the keel is crimson. Flowering occurs from July to December and the fruit is an egg-shaped, hairy pod about {{cvt|4|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Corrick |first1=Margaret G. |title=Pultenaea largiflorens |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/20d244a6-ab18-4de5-a295-1fa164fb74fe |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=23 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=Pultenaea largiflorens |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pultenaea~largiflorens |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=23 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=Pultenaea largiflorens |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Pultenaea_largiflorens |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=23 July 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Pultenaea largiflorens |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/pultenaea_largiflorens.htm |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=23 July 2021}}
Taxonomy and naming
Pultenaea largiflorens was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller.{{cite web|title=Pultenaea largiflorens|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/465172 |publisher=APNI|access-date=23 July 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Bentham |first1=George |last2=von Mueller |first2=Ferdinand |title=Flora Australiensis |date=1864 |publisher=Lovell Reeve & Co. |location=London |page=134 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/3670#page/140/mode/1up |access-date=23 July 2021}} The specific epithet (largiflorens) means "plentiful-flowering".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=235 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Twiggy push-pea grows in forest, woodland and mallee in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. It is most common in central Victoria, and occurs in the west of New South Wales, south from West Wyalong and in the south-east of South Australia.