Bossiaea concolor
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| Bossiaea concolor | |
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| In the Carnarvon National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Bossiaea |
| Species: | B. concolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Bossiaea concolor | |
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.
Bossiaea concolor is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) and has more or less glabrous branchlets. The leaves are elliptic to oblong or egg-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long and 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide on a petiole 0.5–1.0 mm (0.020–0.039 in) long with narrow triangular stipules 0.7–1.5 mm (0.028–0.059 in) long at the base. The leaves are usually concave or folded lengthwise. The flowers are borne along side-branchlets on pedicels 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long with a bract 0.6–1.0 mm (0.024–0.039 in) long. The sepals are 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long and joined at the base with egg-shaped to elliptic bracteoles 0.7–1.0 mm (0.028–0.039 in) long at the base. The five sepal lobes are 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) long, the upper two lobes much broader than the lower ones. The standard petal is yellow with a red base and up to 9 mm (0.35 in) long, the wings yellow, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) 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 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) long.[2]