About Pultenaea acerosa R.Br. ex Benth.
Pultenaea acerosa R.Br. ex Benth. is a rigid, much-branched shrub that usually grows between 30 and 60 cm (12 and 24 inches) tall. It has hairy stems, which are covered in woolly hairs when young. Its leaves are linear to needle-shaped, 5 to 10 mm (0.20 to 0.39 inches) long, grooved on the upper surface, and taper to a stiff, sharply pointed tip. Flowers grow singly in up to ten leaf axils at the ends of branchlets; they are more or less sessile, with bracteoles attached to the base of the sepals. The pink sepals are 5 to 7 mm (0.20 to 0.28 inches) long and taper to a rigid, sharply pointed tip. The standard petal is yellow with red veins, egg-shaped, and measures approximately 7 to 8 mm (0.28 to 0.31 inches) in both length and width. The wing petals are oblong, and the keel is semicircular with a dark red tip. Flowering takes place from August to December, and the fruit is an oval pod 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 inches) long. This species of pultenaea grows in the far southeast of South Australia and the extreme west of Victoria.
