Pultenaea reflexifolia

(J.H.Willis) de Kok Wombat Bush-pea
Australian Systematic Botany 16: 256 (2003)
Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present endemic
Origin Native
Degree of establishment Native
Threat status
FFG: Vulnerable (VU)

Shrub to 1 m high; stems terete, covered with pale, tangled hairs. Leaves alternate, elliptic to narrowly obovate, 5–10 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, reflexed, flat to concave; apex acute, usually not pungent; lower surface with sparse to moderate cover of pale hairs, veins obscure; margin strongly incurved; stipules 3–4 mm long, joined for c. half their length, overlapping and obscuring stem. Flowers single or 2 together at tips of short, lateral shoots; bracts broadly ovate 1–3 mm long, persistent, papery, margins ciliate; calyx 5–6 mm long, tube usually glabrous, lobes with pale hairs; bracteoles attached at base of calyx tube, ovate, 3–5 mm long, glabrous, margins ciliate; standard 6–9 mm wide; ovary and base of style covered with pale, silky hairs. Pod turgid, hairy. Flowers Nov.

VVP, OtP, Gold, CVU. Restricted to a few small areas of dry forest west of Melbourne in Gisborne, Barkstead and Lerderderg areas with an isolated, very old record from Apollo Bay.

Source:

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.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 24 Dec. 2018
Pultenaea reflexifolia (hero image) Spinning
Pultenaea reflexifolia (distribution map) Spinning