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 (de Kok, Rogier & West, J.. (2004). A revision of the genus Pultenaea (Fabaceae). 3. The eastern species with recurved leaves. Australian Systematic Botany. 17. 273-326. 10.1071/SB02028. ). 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 the Atlas of Living Australia.
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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