Bossiaea grayi

Erect rhizomatous shrub to 1.5 m high, ± glabrous, new growth often sparsely hairy; branches flattened and winged, ultimate branches of cladodes 2–10 mm wide, recess at nodes absent or very shallow, often with a white waxy surface that exfoliates when the branches dry. Leaves reduced to scales 1–2 mm long, 0.5–0.8 mm wide from midrib to margin, veins few and faint. Flowers solitary, 8–10 mm long; pedicles 2–2.5 mm long; bracts several, conspicuous, reddish-brown, distichous, 3–3.5 mm long, often persistent; bracteoles inserted near base, caducous; calyx 4.5–5.5 mm long, glabrous; standard ± equal in length to other petals, deep yellow, often suffused with red externally; ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous, c. 6-ovuled. Pods narrow-oblong, 2–3 cm long; stipe not or hardly exceeding calyx. Flowers Sep.-Dec.