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Pultenaea pinifolia Meisn.

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:220 (1848)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, slender shrub, 1-3 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Oct to Nov. Loam or clay. Floodplains, swampy areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 July 1996
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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, 20-35 mm long, 0.7-1 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, 1.5-2 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 3.5-4.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent, 5-6.5 mm long, hairy, not striate. Calyx 6.5-7 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 11.4-12 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or orange, with some yellow or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 10-11 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 9-9.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 9-10 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 6.5-9.5 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 8.6-10.5 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 10-11 mm long, 5.2-6 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Warren, Esperance and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 24 October 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Manjimup, Nannup.