About Pultenaea rosmarinifolia Lindl.
Pultenaea rosmarinifolia Lindl. is an erect shrub that usually reaches 1.8 to 3.0 meters in height. Its stems have hairs pressed flat against the surface. Its leaves grow in an alternating arrangement, shaped linear to elliptic with the narrower end at the base. Most leaves measure 20 to 45 mm long and 2 to 4 mm wide, attached to a 0.5 to 1.2 mm long petiole, with 2 to 8 mm long stipules at the leaf base. The leaf edges curve downward or roll under, and each leaf tip ends in a short, often down-curved point. Flowers form dense clusters at the ends of branches, each roughly 10 mm long, growing on pedicels 1 to 3 mm long. Overlapping, egg-shaped to nearly round bracts sit at the base of the pedicels, and narrow egg-shaped bracteoles 3 to 4 mm long attach to the side of the sepal tube. The sepals are about 7 mm long, joined at the base; the upper lobes are 1.0 to 2.5 mm long and 2.5 to 3 mm wide, while the lower lobes are shorter and narrower. The standard petal is yellow with a red base and grows up to 12 mm long. The wings are yellow with red or brownish markings, 2.5 mm wide, and the keel is red, 3.5 mm wide. Flowering occurs mostly from September to October, and the fruit is an elliptic pod 10 to 15 mm long. This species grows in heathland and forest on the coast and adjacent ranges of New South Wales, ranging from near Newcastle to Bawley Point.
