Pultenaea subalpina

Rigid, spreading shrub to 1.5 m high; stems terete, silky-pubescent when very young, older stems conspicuously scarred with old leaf-bases and broken stipules. Leaves alternate, 6–12 mm long, 0.75–1 mm wide, spreading and slightly curved upwards; apex acute, rigid but not pungent; lower surface scabrous; upper surface (if visible) glabrous; margin tightly inrolled; stipules lanceolate, 2–3 mm long, apex slender, fragile, usually broken on older leaves. Inflorescence a tight head-like cluster of 4–12 flowers; bracts absent; stipules of floral leaves slightly enlarged, leaf subtending innermost flowers reduced; calyx 5–6 mm long, densely hirsute, hairs on apex of lobes grey; bracteoles attached below calyx tube, linear, 2–3 mm long, base with white hairs, apex with a dense tuft of grey hairs; standard 7–9 mm wide; ovary and base of style densely covered with white hairs. Pod ovate, turgid, hairy. Flowers Nov.–Dec.