Pultenaea altissima
F.Muell. ex Benth.Shrub or small tree 2–3 m high; branches often drooping; stems angled, glabrous. Leaves alternate, narrowly obovate or oblanceolate 5–15 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, glabrous, concave; lower surface darker than upper; apex obtuse; margin flat or incurved; stipules 1.5–2 mm long, dark brown. Flowers axillary, clustered at tips of branches, often appearing umbellate; pedicels 1–2 mm long; bracts absent, persistent stipules present on floral leaves; calyx 4–5 mm long, glabrous; bracteoles attached at base of calyx tube, broadly ovate, c. 1 mm long, glabrous; standard 9–10 mm wide; ovary and style glabrous. Pod turgid, glabrous. Flowers Sep.–Oct.
CVU, NIS, EGL, EGU. Also Qld, NSW. Rare in Victoria occurring in East Gippsland in riparian forest and scrubs along upper reaches of Genoa River and in a few box-ironbark forests in northeast Victoria (Chiltern, Warby Ranges and near Benalla).
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.
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