Kennedia carinata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Kennedia carinata is a prostrate shrub with trifoliate leaves 131.5 mm (5.18 in) long with stipules present at the base of the petiole.

[2] This species was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham who gave it the name Physolobium carinatum in Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel from specimens collected by Charles von Hügel near King George's Sound.

[6] This kennedia grows on swampy river flats and the lower slopes of hills in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

[2][7] Kennedia carinata is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.