Pultenaea acerosa

Rigid, much-branched shrub to 60 cm high; stems terete, covered with white woolly hairs. Leaves alternate, linear-terete, 5–10 mm long, grooved on upper surface, glabrous, spreading or recurved; stipules 3–5 mm long, tapering into long, very slender tips, densely white-woolly on margin and midrib. Inflorescence a head-like cluster of 5–10 flowers at tips of branches; bracts absent; stipules of floral leaves slightly enlarged; calyx 5–6 mm long, glabrous, lobes tapering abruptly into long, slender points, margins ciliate; bracteoles attached immediately below calyx tube, ovate to lanceolate, with long, slender tips, margins ciliate, midrib occasionally hairy; standard 7–8 mm wide; ovary and lower half of style hairy. Pod ovate, covered with pale hairs, slightly exceeding calyx. Flowers Oct.–Nov.