Pultenaea daphnoides
Wendl. Large-leaf Bush-peaErect shrub 1–3 m high; stems ridged or angled, pubescent when young. Leaves alternate, narrowly to broadly obovate or cuneate, usually concave, 8–30 mm long, 4–20 mm wide; apex obtuse or truncate, midrib produced into a conspicuous mucro; upper surface glabrous, darker than lower; lower surface glabrous or with sparse, pale hairs; margin flat or slightly recurved; stipules 1–2 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, head-like, of c. 6–15 flowers; bracts concave, entire or with apex torn into 2–4 lobes, hairy toward base and along midrib, deciduous at or before anthesis; slightly enlarged stipules persistent at base of pedicels; calyx 8–10 mm long, silky pubescent; bracteoles inserted at or above middle of calyx tube, c. 3 mm long, 1 mm wide; standard 9–12 mm wide; ovary hairy. Pod flat, exserted from calyx. Flowers Sep.–Nov.
MuM, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, HFE, VAlp. Also SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Widespread and locally common in dry and damp forest and heathland. Rare in the Grampians and the north-west.
Corrick, M.G. (1996). Pultenaea. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 765–793. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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