Bossiaea tasmanica

Bossiaea tasmanica is a flowering plant species in the Fabaceae family, endemic to Tasmania. It is a prostrate or low-lying shrub with spiny branches and grows up to 30 cm tall. The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped, measuring 3–7 mm long and 2–5 mm wide on a short petiole. Flowers, borne in leaf axils near branch ends, are up to 10 mm long with bracts that fall off as they open. The five sepals form a tube at the base, with varying lobe lengths. The standard petal is yellow with a red base, while the wings are purplish-brown and the keel is yellowish-green or pinkish-tinted. Flowering occurs in November and December, producing an oblong pod about 15 mm long as fruit.

This species is closely related to Bossiaea obcordata but differs by its more prostrate growth, waxier branchlets with blunter spines, narrower leaves, and hairy sepals and fruit. Originally described as Bossiaea cinerea var. rigida in 1903 by Leonard Rodway, it was elevated to species status in 2012 by Ian Thompson, who renamed it Bossiaea tasmanica due to nomenclatural constraints.

Bossiaea tasmanica is found in north-eastern Tasmania near Mathinna and south-eastern Tasmania near Oatlands, growing in forests and woodlands. It is listed as "rare" under the Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.