PlantNET Home DONATE TODAY | PlantNET Home | Search NSW Flora | Contact Us  
FloraOnline
Introduction
Plant Name Search
Index Search
Spatial Search
Identification Keys
Classification
Glossary
WeedAlert
Telopea Journal
Other Data Sources
NEW SOUTH WALES FLORA ONLINE Printable Page

Pultenaea subspicata Benth.
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Common name: Low Bush-pea

Pultenaea subspicata Benth. APNI*

Description: Erect to prostrate shrub; stems sparsely spreading-hairy.

Leaves alternate, elliptic, concave, 5–10 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, apex obtuse, margins incurved to involute, concolorous or lower surface darker than upper; stipules 2–4 mm long.

Inflorescences subterminal or apparently terminal, often dense, leafy, the leaves slightly reduced and with enlarged stipules; bracts absent. Flowers c. 10 mm long; pedicels 0.5–1 mm long; bracteoles 4–6 mm long, fused to stipules to above middle, longer than stipules, linear, mostly hairy, attached below or at base of calyx tube; bracteolar stipules oblong, with free, acuminate tips. Calyx c. 6 mm long, tube glabrous; lobes sparsely hairy, bristly to acuminate. Ovary hairy only at apex.

Pod 5 mm long, turgid.


Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest to woodland, often on disturbed sites, usually on stony substrates, south from the Macleay R.
NSW subdivisions: NT, CT, ST, CWS, SWS
Other Australian states: Vic.
AVH map***

Text by P.H. Weston & R.P.J. de Kok
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
  Privacy | Copyright | Disclaimer | About PlantNET | Cite PlantNET