Bossiaea praetermissa
Bossiaea praetermissa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas in the far south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with many flattened, winged cladodes and deep yellow and reddish or maroon flowers. Description
Bossiaea praetermissa is a low, spreading or prostrate shrub that typically grows up to a height of  when supported by other plants, and has many flattened, winged, cladodes up to  wide. The leaves, when present, are round to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base,  long and  wide with narrow triangular stipules  long. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs in nodes along the cladodes, each flower on a hairy pedicel  long. The bracts are egg-shaped or oblong  long at the base of the flowers and there are oblong bracteoles  long on the pedicels. The five sepals are hairy and joined at the base, forming a tube  long, the two upper lobes  long and the lower lobes  long. The standard petal is deep yellow with a red base and  long, the wings  long, and the keel is red or maroon and  long. Flowering occurs from September to November.<ref name="Muelleria2">{{cite journal |last1=Ross |first1=James H. |title=A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: |journal=Muelleria |date=2006 |volume=11 |pages=110–115 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/278250#page/112/mode/1up |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>

Taxonomy and namingBossiaea praetermissa was first formally described in 1994 by James Henderson Ross in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected by Margaret Corrick near Middleton Beach area in 1985. The specific epithet (praetermissa) means "overlooked" or "neglected", because the species seems to have been overlooked since first collected in 1838. Distribution and habitat
This bossiaea usually grows in sandy soil in coastal heath and is found from near Yallingup to Mount Arid in Cape Arid National Park. Conservation statusBossiaea praetermissa'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. References

praetermissa
Flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1994