They often have a common name that alludes to the oblongate pod described in the binary name—such as 'flat pea'—or by its exhibition of a yellow, orange, and pinky-red fluorescence—'eggs and bacon' peas.

Papery dark brown scales support the banner of the pea's flower, this completes the semblance to a cooked breakfast.

These flowers are displayed on rambling branches, sometimes as a short shrub, often extending prostrate.

They range inland in coastal regions Southern and Eastern Australia, including Tasmania.

Platylobium is found to have a distinct wing on the pod, this distinguishes the genus from that of Bossiaea.