Pultenaea fragrans is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with flattened cladodes, small, scale-like leaves, and pea-like, yellow and red flowers.
| Bossiaea fragrans | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Bossiaea |
| Species: | B. fragrans
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| Binomial name | |
| Bossiaea fragrans | |
Description
editBossiaea fragrans is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–2.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 8 ft 2 in) with flattened, winged cladodes 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) wide. The leaves are reduced to dark brown scales, 1.5–1.9 mm (0.059–0.075 in) long. The flowers are borne singly or in groups of up to six, each flower on a pedicel 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long with overlapping, narrow egg-shaped bracts up to 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long at the base. The five sepals are 4.5–5.0 mm (0.18–0.20 in) long and joined at the base forming a tube, the two upper lobes about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide and the lower three lobes about 1.0 mm (0.039 in) wide. There are also bracteoles but that fall off before the flower opens. The standard petal is yellow with a red base and 10.5–12.0 mm (0.41–0.47 in) long, the wings yellow with a red base and about 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) long and the keel is dark red and 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) wide. Flowering occurs in September and October and the fruit is an oblong pod 24–38 mm (0.94–1.50 in) long.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
editBossiaea fragrans was first formally described in 2009 by Keith Leonard McDougall in the journal Telopea from specimens he collected in the Abercrombie Karst Conservation Area.[2][5]
Distribution and habitat
editThis bossiaea is only known from two populations near Abercrombie Caves on the southern tablelands of New South Wales where it grows in woodland.[3][6]
Conservation status
editBossiaea fragrans is listed as "critically endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.[3][6]
References
edit- ^ "Pultenaea fragrans". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ a b McDougall, Keith L. (2009). "Four new species related to Bossiaea bracteosa F.Muell. ex Benth. in south-eastern Australia". Telopea. 12 (3): 356–358.
- ^ a b c Major, Richard. "Bossiaea fragrans - critically endangered species listing". New South Wales Government Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Wood, Betty. "Bossiaea fragrans". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Bossiaea fragrans". APNI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Bossiaea fragrans". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 29 July 2021.