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.
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
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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