Common name: Tall Bush-pea
Pultenaea altissima F.Muell. ex Benth. APNI* Synonyms: Pultenaea obovata Benth. APNI*
Description: Erect shrub; stems glabrous.
Leaves alternate, spathulate to linear-obovate, 3–10 mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, apex obtuse, margins flat to incurved, lower surface darker than upper; stipules 1–2 mm long.
Inflorescences mostly terminal, often on lateral short shoots, lax to dense, leafy at the base; bracts not imbricate, persistent, each composed of a leafless pair of stipules. Flowers 5–9 mm long; pedicels 2–3 mm long; bracteoles 1–1.5 mm long, lacking stipules, broad-ovate, obtuse, glabrous or rarely minutely hairy, attached below or at base of calyx tube. Calyx 3–5 mm long, glabrous to glabrescent; lobes acute. Ovary glabrous.
Pod 5–7 mm long, turgid.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath to dry sclerophyll woodland on sandy substrates, often in swampy areas or near watercourses, south from the Guyra district.
NSW subdivisions: NT, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
Text by P.H. Weston & R.P.J. de Kok
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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