Pultenaea penna

Rigid, spreading shrub to 1 m high; stems terete, glabrous, scarred with broken stipules and leaf-bases. Leaves alternate, linear, subterete, 5–12 mm long; apex acute with a tiny, fragile mucro; lower surface glabrescent; upper surface, if visible, glabrous; margin tightly inrolled; stipules 2–5 mm long, united almost to apex, but fragile and soon torn. Inflorescence a tight, terminal cluster of 4–5 axillary flowers; bracts absent but stipules of floral leaves enlarged; calyx 8–9 mm long, lobes slender, acuminate, tube sparsely hairy, lobes densely covered with long, pale hairs; bracteoles attached at base of calyx tube, leaf-like, 6–7 mm long, with scarious, stipular outgrowths at base, midrib densely covered with pale hairs; standard 8–10 mm wide; ovary and lower half of style covered with dense, pale hairs. Pod ovate, enclosed by calyx. Flowers Nov.–Dec.