Pultenaea calycina subsp. proxena Orthia & Chappill

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 4.5-10 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, strongly recurved, appearing terete but with one or two grooves below; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 3-3.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent, 1.5-1.7 mm long, hairy, not striate. Calyx 5.6-6 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 6-7 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow, mostly yellow or orange, with some yellow or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6-6.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 5-5.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.3-0.4 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 3.7-5.6 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 5.6-6 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, not beaked. Flowers in February, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Four (P4).