About Pultenaea tuberculata Pers.
Pultenaea tuberculata Pers. is a spreading to upright shrub that reaches up to 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches) in height. Its stems are soft with curly hairs, which are hidden by stipules. The leaves are arranged alternately, grow crowded along stems, and range in shape from narrowly elliptic to narrow egg-shaped or spathulate, with a flat to concave cross-section. Most leaves measure 3.2–15 mm long and 1.5–5 mm wide. The leaf apex is either pointed or rounded, and rarely aristate, the leaf margins curve inward, and the upper leaf surface is a lighter green than the underside. Stipules on this species are 3–6.5 mm long. Inflorescences grow at the ends of stems, mostly forming dense, leafy clusters. Individual flowers are 10–16 mm long, orange-yellow with red markings, and are borne on a 0.5–1.5 mm long pedicel. The hairy bracteoles are 4–7 mm long and joined to the stipules just below the apex, and the calyx is 7.5–8 mm long. Flowering occurs from September to February, and the fruit is a swollen pod approximately 5 mm (0.20 in) long. Also known as wreath bush-pea, this species grows in relatively high rainfall areas, in dry sclerophyll forest, scrub and heathland on sandstone. Its natural range extends from Lake Macquarie in the north to Bermagui in the south of New South Wales.
