Common name: Conimbla Bush-pea
Pultenaea woolcockiorum R.L.Barrett & Clugston APNI* Synonyms: Pultenaea sp. Conimbla (D.E.Albrecht 15178) APNI*
Description: Erect shrub 0.3–1.5 m high, young stems with appressed hairs to 0.4 mm long.
Alternate, ±linear, 7.5–12 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide, mucronate, margins strongly incurved.
Inflorescence of 5–9 solitary flowers borne in upper axils, appearing tightly clustered. Calyx 7.8–8.9 mm long, tube glabrous except near base, lobes hiary. Flowers yellow-orange with yellow and dark red llines at the base of the standard, keel maroon to red at apex. Standard petal 8.3–11.4 mm wide. Ovary with appressed hairs at base of style.
Pod not seen.
Flowering: October
Distribution and occurrence: Only known from the Warrumba Range, Kangarooby Range, Bumbaldry and Conimbla National Park in the Central Western Slopes. Open eucalypt forest, woodland and shrubland on slopes on pale red sandy soils.
NSW subdivisions: CWS
Previously confused with P. lapidosa which is restricted to northern Victoria.
Text by R.L. Barrett, March 2025
Taxon concept: Barrett RL, et al. (2024) Revision of the Pultenaea setulosa species complex (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae) including 14 new species. Australian Systematic Botany 37, SB23014. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB23014
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