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Bossiaea moylei Keighery

Reference
W.Austral.Naturalist 31:100-102, Fig. 2 (2018)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 8-25 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 5-7 mm long, without glands, ribless. Corolla multicoloured, mostly yellow or red, with some yellow or red spots, streaks or blotches. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 15-20 mm long, 6-7 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Moora.