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Bossiaea sp. Jackson Range (G. Cockerton & S. McNee LCS 13614)

Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, spiny at least in part, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 2-5 mm long, 1.7-2.5 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 7-7.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles 1 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 4.5-5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9-9.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or red, with some yellow or red spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 8.3 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 5.6-7 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5.5-7 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, hairy at least in part. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath, 4.5-5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 5.5-5.6 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, not beaked. Flowers in March, May, July and September. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo, Coolgardie and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 24 October 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Perenjori, Yilgarn.