Bossiaea prostrata

Bossiaea prostrata, commonly known as Creeping Bossiaea, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. It usually has a prostrate to procumbent habit. The leaves are ovate to rounded or oblong, 3 to 15 mm long and have a petiole that is about 5 mm long. Flowering peaks between September and November in its native range.^[1] The flowers have orange-yellow standards, that are pinkish brown on the back, and purple-brown keels. The seed pods are oblong in shape and between 20 mm and 30 mm long.^[2]

It is similar to the species Bossiaea buxifolia, but may be distinguished by its longer leaves, petioles and pedicels and more distant leaf spacing.^[3]

The species was first formally described in 1812 by botanist Robert Brown in Hortus Kewensis.^[4] It occurs in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.

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