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''Pultenaea tuberculata'', commonly known as the wreath bush-pea, is a flowering plant in the family
Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...
. It has yellow and red pea flowers and is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to Australia.


Description

''Pultenaea tuberculata'' is a spreading to upright shrub to high, soft with curly hairs on the stems that are obscured by
stipules In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole). They are primarily found among dicots and rare among monocots. Stipules are considered part of the anatomy ...
. The leaves are arranged alternately, crowded, narrowly elliptic to narrow egg-shaped,
spathulate This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary ...
, flat to concave, mostly wide, wide. The leaf apex either pointed or rounded, rarely aristate, margins curved inward, upper surface lighter green than underside, stipules long. The
inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...
are borne at the end of stems, mostly in dense, leafy clusters, individual flowers long, orange-yellow with red markings on a
pedicel Pedicle or pedicel may refer to: Human anatomy *Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures ...
long,
bracteoles In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape or texture. They also look ...
long, hairy and joined to the stipules just below the apex,
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long. Flowering occurs from September to February and the fruit is a swollen pod about long.


Taxonomy and naming

''Pultenaea tuberculata'' was first formally described in 1805 by
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (31 December 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a Cape Colony mycologist who is recognized as one of the founders of mycology, mycological Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in Cape Colony at ...
and the description was published in ''Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum''. The
specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...
(''tuberculata'') means "tuberculate" or "covered with small warty lumps".


Distribution and habitat

Wreath bush-pea grows in relatively high rainfall areas, on dry
sclerophyll Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat. The plants feature hard leaves, short Internode (botany), internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem) and leaf orientation which is parallel or ...
forest, scrub and heathland on
sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
from
Lake Macquarie The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area (LGA) in the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city on 7 September 1984. It is adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is part of the Greater Newcastle area. The ...
in the north to Bermagui in the south.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21312576 tuberculata Fabales of Australia Flora of New South Wales Plants described in 1805