Bossiaea lenticularis Sieber ex DC. APNI* 
Description: Slender, spreading shrub to 1 m high, ± glabrous; branches terete.
Leaves opposite, 1-foliolate; lamina mostly circular, 2–8 mm long, margins recurved or flat, upper surface darker than lower; stipules triangular, ≤ 1 mm long, persistent.
Flowers 6–12 mm long; pedicels ≤ 5 mm long; bracts few, ≤ 1 mm long, apex acute; bracteoles ≤ 1 mm long, inserted on upper part of pedicel. Calyx 4–6 mm long. Petals ± equal in length; standard and wings mostly yellow; keel dark reddish. Ovary stipitate, glabrous, c. 4-ovuled.
Pod obliquely obovate to oblong, 1–3 cm long; long-stipitate.
Flowering: August–September
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest, often in moist sites; chiefly in the Sydney region, west to Lithgow.
NSW subdivisions: CC, CT, SWS
Text by T. A. James
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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