Description

An open, prostrate plant with slender spreading stems. Leaf size and shape variable -up to 20mm or so long (larger than other local Bossiaea species) egg-shaped, oval or circular. Yellow-orange pea-flowers September to November, followed by relatively thin-walled pods to 30mm long.  Sparse records scattered throughout all parts of the national park, though never abundant.  

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Etymology​

Bossiaea named in honour of French botanist Joseph Hugues Boissieu La Martinière,  who participated in the La Pérouse expedition to Australia which was shipwrecked in 1788.  

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Prostrata derived from Latin prostratus, meaning 'lying flat' or 'prostrate'.  Refers to the growth habit of this species.