Leptosema oxylobioides

Leptosema oxylobioides is a shrub that has a single to several stems that typically grow to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in), with more or less wavy, winged stems and branches 4–18 mm (0.16–0.71 in) wide. Its adult leaves are reduced to narrowly egg-shaped scales 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long, but that finally fall off. The flowers are arranged singly in the axils of scale leaves, resupinate, 10–16 mm (0.39–0.63 in) long on a pedicel 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long. The sepals are linear, 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long. The petals are orange-red to scarlet, the standard petal diamond- to kite-shaped, 8–11 mm (0.31–0.43 in) long and 2.5–5 mm (0.098–0.197 in) wide, the wings narrowly oblong, 9–12.5 mm (0.35–0.49 in) long and 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) wide and the keel narrowly egg-shaped, 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in) long. The ovary is stalked with 35–40 ovules. Flowering occurs throughout the year and the pods are elliptic and inflated, 17–25 mm (0.67–0.98 in) long and 5.5–10 mm (0.22–0.39 in) wide, including a 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) beak.

This species grows on sandy or gravelly soils, often on steep ridges, in open woodland or forest in the Cook, North Kennedy, South Kennedy, Mitchell and Port Curtis district, and between Mount Garnet and Gladstone east of the Great Dividing Range.