Bossiaea rhombifolia Sieber ex DC. APNI* Synonyms: Bossiaea rhombifolia Sieber ex DC. subsp. rhombifolia APNI*
Bossiaea rhombifolia subsp. rhombifolia APNI*
Description: Mostly glabrous shrub to 2 m high; branches ± flat, at least when young.
Leaves alternate, 1-foliolate; lamina rhombic to broad- or angular-obovate, 3–10 mm long; stipules triangular, c. 1 mm long.
Flowers 7–12 mm long; pedicels ≤ 5 mm long; bracts few, ≤ 1 mm long; bracteoles similar to upper bract, inserted low on pedicel, persistent. Calyx 3–5 mm long. Standard and wings mostly orange-yellow marked with red, shorter than or about as long as the keel; keel mostly dark purplish red. Ovary long-stipitate, glabrous, c. 4-ovuled.
Pod obovate to oblong, 10–25 mm long.
Flowering: July–October
Distribution and occurrence: Chiefly in dry sclerophyll forest; north from Wadbilliga Mtn.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by T. A. James
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