Pultenaea tenella

Trailing, semi-prostrate undershrub, branches to 40 cm long; stems terete with sparse, appressed hairs when young. Leaves in whorls of 3, elliptic, 3–5 mm long, c. 1 mm wide; apex acute but not pungent; upper surface glabrous; lower surface with a few sparse hairs on young growth, ultimately glabrous; margin inrolled; stipules lanceolate, c. 1 mm long. Flowers solitary in axils; bracts absent; calyx 5–6 mm long, covered with pale, appressed hairs; bracteoles attached below calyx tube, lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm long, brown, with sparse pale hairs; standard 9–10 mm wide; ovary and base of style covered with pale appressed hairs. Pod ovate, hairy. Flowers Jan.–Feb.