Bossiaea concolor
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Bossiaea concolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with elliptic to oblong or egg-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, and yellow and red flowers.
Description
Bossiaea concolor is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|3|m}} and has more or less glabrous branchlets. The leaves are elliptic to oblong or egg-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, {{cvt|3–8|mm}} long and {{cvt|2–5|mm}} wide on a petiole {{cvt|0.5–1.0|mm}} long with narrow triangular stipules {{cvt|0.7–1.5|mm}} long at the base. The leaves are usually concave or folded lengthwise. The flowers are borne along side-branchlets on pedicels {{cvt|1–4|mm}} long with a bract {{cvt|0.6–1.0|mm}} long. The sepals are {{cvt|2–4|mm}} long and joined at the base with egg-shaped to elliptic bracteoles {{cvt|0.7–1.0|mm}} long at the base. The five sepal lobes are {{cvt|0.5–1.5|mm}} long, the upper two lobes much broader than the lower ones. The standard petal is yellow with a red base and up to {{cvt|9|mm}} long, the wings yellow, {{cvt|1–2|mm}} shorter than the keel, and the keel has a red base. Flowering occurs in late winter and spring and the fruit is an oblong to elliptic pod {{cvt|15–25|mm}} long.{{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=Ian R. |title=A revision of eastern Australian Bossiaea (Fabaceae: Bossiaeae) |journal=Muelleria |date=2012 |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=152–153 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/279580#page/74/mode/1up |access-date=17 July 2021}}
Taxonomy
This species was first formally described in 1908 by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche who gave it the name Bossiaea rhombifolia subsp. concolor in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.{{cite web|title=Bossiaea rhombifolia subsp. concolor|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/468557|publisher=APNI|accessdate=17 July 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Maiden |first1=Joseph |last2=Betche |first2=Ernst |title=Notes from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. No. 13 |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |date=1908 |volume=33 |issue=2 |page=307 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123081#page/351/mode/1up |access-date=17 July 2021}} In 2012 Ian R. Thompson raised the variety to species status as Bossiaea concolor in the journal Muelleria.{{cite web|title=Bossiaea concolor|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/753338|publisher=APNI|accessdate=17 July 2021}} The specific epithet (concolor) means "uniformly coloured".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=168 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Bossiaea concolor grows in woodland and forest, mostly to the west of the Great Dividing Range, from near Shoalwater Bay in Queensland to near Mudgee in New South Wales.
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Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Plants described in 1908