Bossiaea vombata

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, greyish green (green when young) or with a white waxy surface that exfoliates when the branches dry. Leaves reduced to scales 1–4 mm long, up to 1 mm wide from midrib to margin, venation obscure. Flowers usually solitary, 7–10 mm long; pedicels c. 2 mm long; bracts several, conspicuous, reddish-brown, distichous, 2–3.5 mm long, often persistent; bracteoles inserted near base, caducous; calyx 3.5–5.5 mm long, glabrous; standard ± equal in length to other petals, deep yellow, sometimes suffused with red on inner surface; ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous, 4–6-ovuled. Mature pods very rarely produced. All known occurrences are clonal.