''Bossiaea neoanglica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying shrub with sparsely hairy foliage, egg-shaped to more or less round leaves, and yellow and red flowers.

Description

''Bossiaea neoanglica'' is prostrate to low-lying shrub that typically grows up to high, sometimes higher when supported by other shrubs, and has sparsely hairy foliage. The leaves are arranged alternately, egg-shaped to more or less round long and wide on a petiole long. The lower surface of the leaves is much paler than the upper surface and there are stipules long at the base of the petiole. The flowers are long, borne on

pedicels In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence. Such inflorescences are described as ''pedicellate''. Description Pedicel refers to a structure connecting a single flower to its inflorescence. In the absenc ...

long with a few minute

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

s at the base. The five sepals are long and joined at the base forming a tube, the upper lobes long, the lower lobes long. There are bracteoles long near the base of the sepal tube. The standard petal is yellow with a red base, the wings pale purplish brown, and the keel red with a paler base, all petals up to about long. Flowering occurs from spring to summer and the fruit is an oblong

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long.

Taxonomy and naming

''Bossiaea neoanglica'' was first formally described in 1866 by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

in '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'' from specimens collected by Charles Moore near the Macleay River in the New England region of New South Wales.

Distribution and habitat

This bossiaea grows in open forest and woodland from Kroombit Tops National Park in south east Queensland and south along the coast and tablelands of eastern New South Wales to Fitzroy Falls.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q65931884 neoanglica Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1866 Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller