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Bossiaea is a genus of about 78 species of flowering plants in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in this genus often have stems and branches modified as cladodes, simple, often much reduced leaves, flowers with the upper two sepal lobes larger than the lower three, usually orange to yellow petals with reddish markings, and the fruit a more or less flattened pod.
Species of Bossiaea occur in all Australian states and mainland territories, including seven in Tasmania and one (Bossiaea bossiaeoides in the Northern Territory.
Alpine Bossiaea · Water Bush · Bossiaea arcuata · Bossiaea arenicola · Bossiaea arenitensis · Bossiaea armitii · Bossiaea atrata · Bossiaea aurantiaca · Bossiaea barbarae · Bossiaea barrettiorum · Bossiaea bombayensis · Holly Leaved Pea Flower
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