- Pultenaea scabra
Taxobox
name = Rough Bush-pea
image_caption =
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Faboideae
tribus =Bossiaeeae
genus = "Pultenaea "
species = "P. scabra"
binomial = "Pultenaea scabra"
binomial_authority = R.Br.
synonyms="Pultenaea scabra" R.Br. var. "scabra" "Pultenaea montana" Lindl. "Pultenaea scabra" var. "montana" (Lindl.) Benth. "Pultenaea scabra" var. "biloba" (R.Br.) Benth. "Pultenaea biloba" R.Br. & Sims var. "biloba" "Pultenaea biloba" var. "scabra" Sieber ex DC. "Pultenaea biloba" R.Br. & Sims "Pultenaea deltoidea" DC. "Pultenaea scabra" var. "microphylla" R.T.Baker"Pultenaea scabra" (Rough Bush-pea) is a shrub which is endemic to
Australia . It is a member of the familyFabaceae and of the genus "Pultenaea ".The species is an erect or spreading shrub that can grow up to 3 metre in height. The leaves have a rough surface and recurved edges. They are variable in shape and their length ranges from 3 to 16 mm in length and 2 to 13 mm in width.cite book|author=Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A.| title=Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas| publisher=Bloomings Books|location= Australia | year=
2001 | id=ISBN 1876473142]The flowers, which appear in spring, are yellow with a red centre. The pods which follow are hairy with half their length concealed by the calyx
The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1811 in "
Hortus Kewensis ". cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=PULTENAEA+SCABRA|title= "Pultenaea sericea" |accessdate=2008-09-02 |Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra ]It occurs in
South Australia , Victoria andNew South Wales .References
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