Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Prickly Bush-Pea
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: yellow
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 36-48" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 3-6" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
()
- Tribe:
Mirbelieae
()
- Genus:
Pultenaea
()
- J.E. Smith, 1794
- Specific epithet:
juniperina
- Labill.
- Botanical name: - Pultenaea juniperina Labill.
- Specific epithet:
juniperina
- Labill.
- Genus:
Pultenaea
(
- Tribe:
Mirbelieae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
An accepted name in the RHS
Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pultenaea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 28 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. acerosa (Bristly Bush-Pea) · P. altissima (Tall Bush-Pea) · P. blakelyi (Blakely´s Bush-Pea) · P. capitellata (Hard-Head Bush-Pea) · P. cunninghamii (Bush Pea) · P. daphnoides (Large-Leaved Bush Pea) · P. densifolia (Dense-Leaf Bush-Pea) · P. gunnii (Golden Bush-Pea) · P. involucrata (Mount Lofty Bush-Pea) · P. juniperina (Prickly Bush-Pea) · P. largiflorens (Twiggy Bush-Pea) · P. laxiflora (Loose-Flower Bush-Pea) · P. linophylla (Halo Bush-Pea) · P. microphylla (Spreading Bush Pea) · P. paleacea (Chaffy Bush-Pea) · P. paleacea var. paleacea (Chaffy Bush-Pea) · P. paleacea var. pauciflora (Chaffy Bush-Pea) · P. paleacea var. robusta (Chaffy Bush-Pea) · P. paleacea var. sericea (Chaffy Bush-Pea) · P. paleacea var. williamsonii (Chaffy Bush-Pea) · P. procumbens (Heathy Bush-Pea) · P. prostrata (Silky Bush-Pea) · P. retusa (Blunt Bush-Pea) · P. scabra (Rough Bush-Pea) · P. sericea (Chaffy Bush Pea) · P. tenuifolia (Grooved Bush-Pea) · P. villosa (Bronze Bush-Pea) · P. weindorferi (Swamp Bush-Pea)
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Further Reading
- Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url .
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 122, p. 127, p. 137, p. 56, p. 57.
- Some wild flowers of Tasmania. Illustrations from photographs by Olive Barnard. Hobart: J. Vail, 1922. url .
- The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 141.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2842329
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-18168
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13740316
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 418320
Footnotes
- Mean = 396.830 meters (1,301.936 feet), Standard Deviation = 565.150 based on 162 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
