Pultenaea luehmannii
Thready Bush-peaDiffuse, semi-prostrate, dichotomously branched subshrub, branches often trailing or loosely mat-forming; stems terete, finely pubescent when young. Leaves opposite, narrowly elliptic, 5–17 mm long, 1–3 mm wide; apex acute but not pungent; upper surface glabrous, paler than lower; lower surface with scattered appressed hairs; margin incurved; stipules 1.5–1.75 mm long, closely appressed to stem, inconspicuous. Inflorescence a head of 3–6 flowers; bracts absent but enlarged stipules present at base of pedicels; calyx 4–5 mm long, covered with pale, appressed hairs; bracteoles attached at base of calyx tube, 2 mm long, covered with pale hairs; standard 7–8 mm wide; ovary densely hairy. Pod ovate, sparsely hairy, with a long beak. Flowers Oct.–Nov.
VVP, GGr, DunT. Confined to wet heathland and margins of swamps and streams in the Grampians (southern Victoria Range and Victoria Valley).
Pultenaea luehmannii is unique amongst Victorian species of Pultenaeain having 4 ovules per ovary.
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.