About Pultenaea pedunculata Hook.
Pultenaea pedunculata Hook. is a prostrate, densely-matted shrub that forms carpets 1 meter (3 feet 3 inches) or more in diameter, and has softly-hairy branches. The branches can grow up to several meters long but rarely reach more than 20 centimeters (7.9 inches) off the ground, and often root along their length. The leaves are arranged alternately, and are narrow elliptic. They measure 6–11 mm (0.24–0.43 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, are sparsely hairy, and have 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long stipules at their base. Flowers are usually arranged singly in leaf axils near the ends of branches. They measure 4–9 mm (0.16–0.35 in) long, and grow on a peduncle up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long, with narrow lance-shaped bracteoles 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long attached near the base of the sepal tube. The sepals are 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long. The standard petal is bright yellow, sometimes with a brick-red base; the wings are yellow to orange, and the keel is red to purple. Overall flower colour is very variable. Flowering occurs in most months, but mainly from September to December. The fruit is a spherical to egg-shaped pod 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long. Common name matted bush-pea, this species grows in forest, woodland, heathland and grassland, ranging from near Sydney in New South Wales through Victoria and south-eastern South Australia, to Tasmania. In Tasmania, it is common and widespread in dry, rocky places.
