wombat bush-pea

Pultenaea reflexifolia is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and has its foliage covered with tangled hairs. The leaves are elliptic to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long and about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide and turned downwards with stipules 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long at the base. The flowers are yellow and red, arranged in one or two leaf axils on the ends of short side branches with papery, broadly egg-shaped bracts 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long at the base. The sepals are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long with glabrous, broadly egg-shaped bracteoles 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long at the base of the sepal tube. Flowering occurs in November, the standard petal is 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) wide and the fruit is a hairy pod.

Wombat bush-pea is restricted to scattered areas of dry forest west of Melbourne.

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