| Bossiaea simulata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Bossiaea |
| Species: | B. simulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bossiaea simulata | |
Bossiaea simulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is a compact shrub with sharply-pointed cladodes and yellow, pea-like flowers sometimes with red markings.
Bossiaea simulata is a compact shrub that typically grows up to 0.9 m (2 ft 11 in) high and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide with many stems at the base. The branches are flattened and end in sharply pointed cladodes 1.5–3.0 mm (0.059–0.118 in) wide. The leaves, when present, are reduced to egg-shaped scales 0.6–1.2 mm (0.024–0.047 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly, in pairs or threes at nodes along the cladodes, each flower on a hairy pedicel 1.8–4.6 mm (0.071–0.181 in) long with egg-shaped bracts up to 1.2 mm (0.047 in) long and wide at the base and narrow egg-shaped, reddish-brown bracteoles 0.9–2.0 mm (0.035–0.079 in) long on the pedicels. The five sepals are hairy and joined at the base, forming a tube 1.7–2.9 mm (0.067–0.114 in) long, the two upper lobes 0.8–1.5 mm (0.031–0.059 in) long and the lower lobes slightly shorter. The standard petal is golden yellow, sometimes with a red base, and 7.5–10.1 mm (0.30–0.40 in) long, the wings 6.8–9.5 mm (0.27–0.37 in) long, and the keel pale greenish-yellow and 6.7–8.8 mm (0.26–0.35 in) long. Flowering occurs from October to December and the fruit is an oblong pod 12–19 mm (0.47–0.75 in) long. [2] [3]
Bossiaea simulata was first formally described in 1994 by James Henderson Ross in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected near Mount Willgonarinya in 1997. [3] [4] The specific epithet (simulata) means "imitating" or "resembling", referring to the superficial resemblance of this species to Bossiaea celata . [3]
This bossiaea grows in low Eucalyptus woodland from Mount Malcolm near Leonora to Mount Willgonarinya, in the Coolgardie and Mallee biogeographic regions of inland Western Australia. [2] [3]
Bossiaea simulata is classified as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [2] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations. [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 barbarae is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, compact, spiny shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic or oblong leaves, and deep yellow and bright red flowers.
Bossiaea barrettiorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the Northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is low, spreading or prostrate shrub with winged stems, winged cladodes, leaves reduced to small scales, and deep yellow and 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 celata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a compact, many-branched shrub with flattened cladodes, leaves reduced to scales, and yellow to pinkish-red pea-like 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 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 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 ornata, commonly known as broad leaved brown pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with variably-shaped leaves, typically egg-shaped or oblong, and yellow or orange-yellow and reddish-brown flowers.
Bossiaea peduncularis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, more or less leafless shrub with arching branches, cladodes ending with a point and 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 praetermissa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas in the far south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with many flattened, winged cladodes and deep yellow and reddish or maroon flowers.
Bossiaea preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a compact, glabrous shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow, red, orange or apricot-coloured 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.
Bossiaea saxosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a restricted area near Norseman, Western Australia. It is an erect, intricately branched shrub with many slightly flattened, sharply-pointed cladodes and deep yellow, red and lemon-yellow, pea-like flowers.
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 spinescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, spreading or compact, spiny shrub with oblong to oval leaves and yellow and reddish-brown, pea-like flowers.
