Pultenaea polifolia
A.Cunn. Dusky Bush-peaErect or semi-prostrate shrub to 1 m high; stems terete with spreading hairs. Leaves alternate, elliptic to obovate, convex, 7–20 mm long, 1–6 mm wide; apex obtuse with fragile mucro; upper surface glabrous, darker than lower; lower surface with long, loose, spreading hairs; midrib depressed; margin recurved; stipules 4–5 mm long, appressed to stem and united for c. three-quarters their length, midrib prominent. Inflorescence a terminal head of more than 3 flowers; bracts trifid at tip with hair-like central lobe; calyx with long spreading hairs, denser at base and on lobes; lobes narrowing abruptly into long, setaceous tips; bracteoles attached at base of calyx tube, narrowly lanceolate, 5–6 mm long, with sparse hairs, long sinuate tip and ciliate margin; standard 6–7 mm wide; ovary and base of style hairy. Pod flat. Flowers Oct.–Nov.
VRiv, NIS, EGU, HNF. Also NSW, ACT. Uncommon, in dry or moist forests, usually in swampy areas, recorded from the north-east on Mt Granya and surrounding areas, near Mitta Mitta, and scattered in East Gippsland, near the upper reaches of the Bonang River, Goongerah Creek, and Raymond Creek.
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.
