Bossiaea rosmarinifolia
{{Short description|Species of legume}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Grampians bossiaea
|image = Bossiaea rosmarinifolia.jpg
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|genus = Bossiaea
|species = rosmarinifolia
|authority = Lindl.{{cite web|title=Bossiaea rosmarinifolia|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/62815|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=26 August 2021}}
|synonyms = Bossiaea cinerea var. rosmarinifolia (Lindl.) Benth.
}}
Bossiaea rosmarinifolia, commonly known as Grampians bossiaea,{{cite web |last1=Ross |first1=James H. |title=Bossiaea rosmarinifolia |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/7b44575d-8e2e-4c02-a448-e8f2d9ec42e9 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=26 August 2021}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Grampians in Victoria. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear leaves and yellow and red flowers.
Description
Bossiaea rosmarinifolia is an erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|2.5–3|m}}, and has cylindrical stems. The leaves are linear, {{cvt|10–28|mm}} long and {{cvt|1–3|mm}} wide on a petiole up to {{cvt|1.5|mm}} long with reddish stipules {{cvt|2–4|mm}} long at the base. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs and are {{cvt|7–12|mm}} long on a thread-like pedicel {{cvt|6–8|mm}} long with crowded bracts less than {{cvt|1|mm}} long at the base and bracteoles about {{cvt|1|mm}} long near the middle of the pedicel. The five sepals are {{cvt|3–5|mm}} long and joined at the base forming a tube, the upper lobes {{cvt|1–2.5|mm}} long and {{cvt|2.5–3|mm}} wide, the lower lobes shorter and much narrower. The standard petal is yellow with a red base and up to {{cvt|12|mm}} long, the wings yellow with red or brownish markings and about {{cvt|2.5|mm}} wide, and the keel is red and about {{cvt|3.5|mm}} wide. Flowering occurs from September to October and the fruit is an elliptic pod {{cvt|10–15|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=164–165 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/279580#page/86/mode/1up |access-date=26 August 2021}}
Taxonomy
Bossiaea rosmarinifolia was first formally described in 1838 by John Lindley in Thomas Mitchell's journal, Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia.{{cite web|title=Bossiaea rosmarinifolia|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/468591 |publisher=APNI|access-date=26 August 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Lindley |first1=John |last2=Mitchell |first2=Thomas L. (ed.) |title=Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia |date=1838 |publisher=T. & W. Boone |location=London |page=178 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/253696#page/210/mode/1up |access-date=26 August 2021}} The specific epithet (rosmarinifolia) means "Rosmarinus-leaved".{{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=297 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Grampians bossiaea grows in open forest in the Grampians National Park.
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)