Fabaceae tribe Bossiaeeae Bossiaea

Bossiaea Vent. 1800 
c. 70 spp.
Australia (widespread, but not in C Australia) 
Named for Bossieu de la Martinière, medical officer and botanist accompanying
  the expedition of La Pérouse on l'Astrolabe  which was wrecked near
  the island of Vanikoro in 1788 
Shrubs; tropical, subtropical, mediterranean, temperate and warm temperate
  forest, woodland, bushland and thicket and shrubland 
Reference(s): Elliot & Jones (1982, 2: 355 - 362); Stanley & Ross
  (1983: 266 - 268); Weber (1986: 688 - 691); Wheeler in Marchant et al.  (1987:
  239 - 242); Ross in Walsh & Entwisle (1996: 808 - 815); various papers
  by Ross in Muelleria (1991 - 2001); James in Harden (2002: 510 - 516) 
Allied closely to Platylobium . Flowers subtended by a series of
  coriaceous or papery brown bracts, mainly insect-pollinated, but in 5 spp.
  adapted for pollination by birds 
Foliage toxic to livestock; used as ornamentals 
© J. H. Ross

Bossiaea halophila,
Lake King, WA

Bossiaea dentata, south coast, WA
Bossiaea cucullata, Lake King, WA