Oxylobium pulteneae
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| Wiry shaggy pea | |
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| Near Wollombi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Oxylobium |
| Species: | O. pulteneae |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxylobium pulteneae | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Oxylobium pulteneae, commonly known as wiry shaggy pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a low, spreading to prostrate shrub with linear to triangular or elliptic leaves and orange-red flowers.
Oxylobium pulteneae is a low, spreading to prostrate shrub that usually grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in), and has stems with soft hairs. The leaves are usually arranged in whorls of three, sometimes arranged alternately or in opposite pairs, and are linear to triangular or elliptic, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, with the tip and sides curved down. The flowers are borne in umbel-like racemes with egg-shaped to lance-shaped bracts and linear bracteoles at the base. The sepals are 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and the petals orange-red and about 10 mm (0.39 in) long. Flowering occurs in late spring and summer, and the seed pods are about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and covered with soft hairs.[2][3]