Pultenaea villosa
{{Short description|Species of legume}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Hairy bush-pea
|image = Pultenaea villosa flower (6054072466).jpg
|image_caption = In the Royal National Park
|genus = Pultenaea
|species = villosa
|authority = Willd.{{cite web|title=Pultenaea villosa|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/63199|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=29 September 2021}}
|synonyms =
- ? Pultenaea lanata A.Cunn. ex Benth.
- Pultenaea racemulosa DC.
- Pultenaea villosa var. lanata (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Domin
- Pultenaea villosa Willd. var. villosa
}}
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Pultenaea villosa, commonly known as hairy bush-pea,{{cite web |title=Pultenaea villosa |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pultenaea~villosa |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=29 September 2021}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with softly-hairy foliage, narrow elliptic to linear, oblong to club-shaped leaves, and yellow-orange and reddish-brown, pea-like flowers.
Description
Pultenaea villosa is an erect, sometimes prostrate shrub, that typically grows to {{cvt|0.25–2.5|m}} high and {{cvt|3|m}} wide, with softly-hairy foliage and sometimes with weeping branches. The leaves are arranged alternately, narrow elliptic to linear, oblong to club-shaped, mostly {{cvt|3–10|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.5–3.0|mm}} wide with stipules {{cvt|1–4|mm}} long pressed against the stem at the base. The flowers are {{cvt|5–12|mm}} long, arranged in small groups near the ends of branches, each flower on a pedicel {{cvt|1–4|mm}} long. The sepals are {{cvt|3.5–11|mm}} long with bracteoles {{cvt|3.4–5.3|mm}} long usually attached to the sepal tube. The standard petal is yellow to orange with reddish brown lines and {{cvt|8.2–10.3|mm}} long, the wings yellow to orange and {{cvt|8.2–9.2|mm}} long, and the keel reddish-brown and {{cvt|7.6–8.7|mm}} long. Flowering mainly occurs from August to November and the fruit is an inflated pod {{cvt|5–6|mm}} long.{{cite journal |last1=de Kok |first1=Rogier |title=A revision of Pultenaea (Fabaceae) 1. Species with ovaries glabrous and/or with tufted hairs |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |date=2002 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=111–112}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Pultenaea villosa |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/pultenaea_villosa.htm |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=30 September 2021}}{{cite web |title=Pultenaea villosa - Growing Native Plants |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp9/pultenaea-villosa.html |website=www.anbg.gov.au |publisher=Australian National Botanic Gardens |accessdate=9 June 2020 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=Les |title=Field guide to the native plants of Sydney |date=1991 |publisher=Kangaroo Press |location=Kenthurst, NSW |isbn=0864171927 |page=88}}
Taxonomy
Pultenaea villosa was first formally described in 1799 by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in the fourth edition of the Species Plantarum.{{cite web|title=Pultenaea villosa|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/469099 |publisher=APNI|access-date=30 September 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Willdenow |first1=Carl L. |title=Species Plantarum |volume=2 |date=1799 |edition=4th |page=507 |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Pultenaea+villosa&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._other=&max=100&display=apni&search=true |access-date=30 September 2021}} The specific epithet (villosa) means "with long, soft hairs".{{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=336 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Hairy bush-pea grows in forest, heathland grassland and coastal dunes in south-east Queensland and on the coast and Northern Tablelands of New South Wales.
Use in horticulture
References
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Category:Flora of New South Wales