Pultenaea procumbens

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Pultenaea procumbens A.Cunn.

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)

Pultenaea epacridea F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea epacridea F.Muell. ex Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea setigera A.Cunn. ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea staphyleoides A.Cunn. ex G.Don (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea staphyleoides A.Cunn. ex G.Don var. staphyleoides (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea staphyleoides var. mutica F.Muell. ex Ewart (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea staphyleoides var. mutica F.Muell. ex H.B.Will. (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea staphylioides Joy Thomps. (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea stypheleoides A.D.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea stypheliodes Joy Thomps. (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea styphelioides Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
Pultenaea styphelioides var. mutica H.B.Will. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (9), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (2), Clarke_2015 (1), Doherty_2021 (2), Kew_2019_1 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NHNSW_2024 (11), NSWFRD_2014 (11), Purdie_1976 (3), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 52 traits from 109 records in 19 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (5) [sources: Carey_2003; Clarke_2015; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Purdie_1976; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Carey_2003; NSWFRD_2014; Purdie_1976]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 6.64 mm (2-10 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.58 mm (1-4 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (2); narrowly_ovate (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); rhomboidal (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); involute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (3); involute (1); recurved (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); prostrate (1); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (2) [sources: Carey_2003; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.4 mg (1.7-3.2 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.48 mm (2.48-2.48 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 1.82 mm (1.82-1.82 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	10	12	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023	10	12	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2024	8	11	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	11	11	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
ANBG_2019	6	9	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Carey_2003	3	3	A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
Purdie_1976	3	3	R. W. Purdie and R. O. Slatyer. “Vegetation succession after fire in sclerophyll woodland communities in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (1976), pp. 223-236.
Cheal_2017	2	2	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Doherty_2021	2	2	M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Clarke_2015	1	1	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.