| Bossiaea eremaea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Bossiaea |
| Species: | B. eremaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Bossiaea eremaea | |
Bossiaea eremaea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an openly-branched, spreading, more or less leafless shrub with deep yellow and purplish flowers.
Bossiaea eremaea is an openly-branched, spreading shrub that typically grows up to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) high and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) wide with young branchlets that or slightly flattened to oval in cross-section. The leaves, when present, are oval, elliptic or oblong, 2.2–6 mm (0.087–0.236 in) long and 1.7–3.5 mm (0.067–0.138 in) wide, but usually quickly fall off. The flowers are arranged singly or in small groups, each flower on a pedicel 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in) long with overlapping, broadly egg-shaped bracts up to 1.0 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are joined at the base forming a tube 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long, with five pinkish-red lobes, the two upper lobes 0.9–1.9 mm (0.035–0.075 in) long and the three lower lobes 0.8–1.2 mm (0.031–0.047 in) long, with egg-shaped bracteoles 1.1–1.5 mm (0.043–0.059 in) long on the pedicel. The standard petal is deep yellow with a purplish-brown base and 6.8–10.1 mm (0.27–0.40 in) long, the wings pinkish-red with a yellow tip and 6.1–8.5 mm (0.24–0.33 in) long, the keel purplish-red and 5.8–8.1 mm (0.23–0.32 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is a pod 16–21 mm (0.63–0.83 in) long. [2] [3]
Bossiaea eremaea was first formally described in 2006 by James Henderson Ross in the journal Muelleria from specimens he collected east of Mount Magnet in 1998. [3] [4] The specific epithet (eremaea) means "desert", referring to the deep sand in which this species grows. [3]
This bossiaea grows in deep sand in woodland from near Sandstone to near Laverton in the Great Victoria Desert and Murchison biogeographic regions of Western Australia. [2] [3]
Bossiaea eremaea is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife [2] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. [5]
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Bossiaea halophila is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a dense, erect, many-branched shrub with narrow-winged cladodes, leaves reduced to small scales, and yellow-orange and deep red flowers.
Bossiaea arcuata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a small area in Western Australia. It is an erect, openly-branched, more or less leafless shrub with often arched cladodes, and yellow and red pea-like flowers.
Bossiaea atrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense, erect, spiny shrub with oblong to elliptic or almost round leaves, and orange-yellow and dark red flowers.
Bossiaea aurantiaca is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rounded or spreading, spiny shrub with oblong to narrow egg-shaped leaves, and golden-yellow and pinkish-red flowers.
Bossiaea calcicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the far west of Western Australia. It is compact, glaucous, spiny shrub with oblong, wedge-shaped or round leaves and bright yellow, reddish and greenish-yellow flowers.
Bossiaea concinna is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spiny, more or less glabrous shrub with oblong leaves and bright yellow and red flowers.
Bossiaea cucullata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a dense, many-branched shrub with narrow-winged cladodes, leaves reduced to dark brown scales, and yellow and deep red or pale greenish-yellow flowers.
Bossiaea divaricata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a low, dense, openly-branched shrub with oblong to egg-shaped leaves and deep yellow and dark red flowers.
Bossiaea flexuosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a compact shrub with slightly flattened, zigzag branches, notched, more or less leafless cladodes, and golden yellow and red or pinkish flowers.
Bossiaea inundata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Murchison River Gorge in Western Australia. It is a spreading, openly-branched shrub with oblong, elliptic or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and deep yellow and red flowers.
Bossiaea laxa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a small area near Norseman in Western Australia. It is a spreading, openly-branched shrub with linear to narrow oblong leaves, and bright yellow and red flowers.
Bossiaea leptacantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is a low, compact, spreading, many-branched shrub, the branches ending in cladodes, the leaves reduced to small scales, and with deep yellow, red and greenish yellow flowers.
Bossiaea peninsularis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is an erect rhizome-forming, more or less leafless shrub with leaves reduced to small scales, and yellow, red and purplish flowers.
Bossiaea pulchella is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves, and orange-yellow, purplish brown and dark red flowers.
Bossiaea rufa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a loose, many-branched shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and deep yellow and red flowers.
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Bossiaea smithiorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with oblong to cylindrical leaves and orange-yellow and red or purple, pea-like flowers.
Bossiaea webbii, commonly known as water bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender shrub with more or less round to kidney-shaped, minutely-toothed leaves and orange-yellow and red, pea-like flowers.
