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Bossiaea fragrans K.L.McDougall
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Bossiaea fragrans K.L.McDougall APNI*

Description: Multistemmed shrub 1–2.5 m high, ± glabrous; main stems finally almost terete but retaining narrow wings, branches flat, winged, (6–)8–14 mm wide.

Leaves reduced to scales, 1.5–2 mm long.

Flowers 14–16 mm long; pedicels 2.5–3 mm long; bracts several, distichous, c. 1.5 mm long, persistent; bracteoles obscure, caducous. Calyx 4.5–5 mm long. Petals golden-yellow with dark red markings on keel and occasionally wings. Ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous, 5–6-ovuled.

Pod oblong, 2.4–3.8 cm long, stipe 2.5–3 mm long.


Illustration
C. Payne

Flowering: September–October.

Distribution and occurrence: Known from the Abercrombie Karst Conservation Area, south of Bathurst, in the Central Tablelands.

Occurs in open White Box (Eucalyptus albens) woodland.
NSW subdivisions: CT

Threatened species: NSW BCA: Critically endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Critically Endangered
AVH map***

Previously confused with Bossiaea bracteosa which is now considered endemic to Victoria.

Text by R.L.Barrett (July 2024)
Taxon concept: K.L.McDougall, Telopea 12(3): 356-358 (2009).

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APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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