Podolobium ilicifolium

Prickly Shaggy Pea
Podolobium ilicifolium at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Podolobium
Species: P. ilicifolium
Binomial name
Podolobium ilicifolium
(Andrews) Crisp & P.H.Weston
Synonyms[1]
  • Callistachys ilicifolia (Andrews) Kuntze
  • Callistachys staurophylla (Sieber ex DC.) Kuntze
  • Chorizema trilobum Sm.
  • Oxylobium ilicifolium (Andrews) Domin
  • Oxylobium staurophyllum (DC.) Benth.
  • Oxylobium trilobatum Benth.
  • Oxylobium trilobatum var. staurophyllum Maiden & Betche
  • Oxylobium trilobum (R.Br.) Benth.
  • Oxylobium trilobum var. staurophyllum (Sieber ex DC.) Maiden & Betche
  • Podolobium aquifolium Hereman
  • Podolobium aquifolium Lodd. ex G.Don
  • Podolobium berberifolium A.Cunn. ex Lindl.
  • Podolobium berberifolium J.W.Loudon
  • Podolobium bidwellianum J.W.Loudon
  • Podolobium staurophyllum Sieber ex DC.
  • Podolobium trilobatum R.Br.
  • Podolobium trilobatum var. bidwelliana Loudon
  • Podolobium trilobum R.Br.
  • Podolobium trilobum var. bidwellianum Loudon
  • Pultenaea ilicifolia Andrews

Podolobium ilicifolium, the Prickly Shaggy-pea is a shrub found in eastern and southern Australia. It is a common plant, found in dry or moist eucalyptus forest, often on clay or sandstone based soils.[2] It grows to three metres tall.

The leaves are opposite or nearly opposite on the stem, and are 2 to 10 cm long and 1 to 3 cm wide. They are spikey and lobed, somewhat similar to the holly. The specific epithet ilicifolium which means “holly like leaves”.[3] The bottom of the leaves are somewhat hairy. Yellow and red flowers form on racemes in spring and early summer. The fruit is a pea type pod, oval or oblong, 10 mm long and 2.5 mm in diameter, and are curved or straight.

References

  1. ↑ "Podolobium". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Podolobium ilicifolium". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 83


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