Bossiaea bracteosa

Rigid, dense, often extensively root-suckering shrubs to 2 m high, ±glabrous; main stems terete, branches flattened and winged, ultimate branches of cladodes 5–14 mm wide, with a relatively deep recession at nodes, often with a white waxy surface that exfoliates when the branches dry. Leaves reduced to scales 3–5 mm long, 1–2.5 mm wide from midrib to margin, venation conspicuous. Flowers usually solitary, 8–10 mm long; pedicels 1–3 mm long; bracts several, conspicuous, reddish-brown, distichous, c. 2 mm long, persistent; bracteoles obscure, soon deciduous; calyx 4–5 mm long, glabrous; standard deep yellow, often suffused with red externally, longer than other petals; ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous, 6–8-ovuled. Pods oblong, 2.5–4.5 cm long; stipe c. equal to calyx. Flowers Nov.–Dec.