This native shrub is commonly known as bush-pea.
Pultenaea rariflora is described as a "dicot" in the Leguminosae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Limited distribution with a population in the Byfield area north of Rockhampton and between 1770 and Rainbow Beach. Type specimen from near Nikenbah in damp places in open forest (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
236478616_A_revision_of_the_genus_Pultenaea_Fabaceae_3_The_eastern_species_with_recurved_leaves). Also reported at Beelbi Creek (https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/111491956) and Duckinwilla (https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/53233490).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 8 Fraser Coast localities: Beelbi Creek, Boonooroo Plains, Burrum Heads, Dunmora, Poona, Sunshine Acres, Walliebum, Walligan.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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