Common name: Ku-ring-gai Bush-pea
Pultenaea mucronata Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. APNI* Description: Shrub to 1.2 m
Leaves narrowly lanceolate, canaiculate, margins recurved.
Clustered in deanse heads; bracts densely hairy.
Distribution and occurrence: From Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park to St Ives and Middle Head in north Sydney, and one location in Royal National Park.
NSW subdivisions: CC
Previously included under P. polifolia and possibly also related to P. rosmarinifolia which has similar but linear leaves with an acute (not long mucronate) apex. Application of this name was uncertain until recently recognised as applying to these populations historically included under P. polifolia.
Text by R.L.Barrett, Sept. 2023
Taxon concept:
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