Erect shrub, mostly 0.5–2 m tall; stems almost glabrous, sometimes minutely tuberculate. Leaves linear, 3–30 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, sparse to moderately crowded, glabrous or rarely pubescent, obtuse, minutely mucronate, tip recurved; petiole to 1 mm long. Flowers in terminal or upper axillary, 2–6-flowered corymbose clusters, usually pedunculate; peduncle to 2 cm long; pedicel 0.5–3 mm long. Calyx 4–6 mm long, virtually glabrous or sometimes appressed-hairy; standard 8–10 mm long, notched, yellow with a central reddish blotch; wings snorter, spathulate, yellow; keel shortest, obtuse, yellow to reddish. Pod ovoid, 4–6 mm long, c. 4 mm wide, sessile, sparsely hairy; seeds usually 2. Flowers Aug.–Jan.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, VAlp. Also SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Widespread across southern Victoria where it grows mainly in dry sclerophyll forests and lowland heaths.
Source:
Jeanes, J.A. (1996). Fabaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 663–829. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
