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Bossiaea barbarae

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Bossiaea barbarae is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, compact, spiny shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic or oblong leaves, and deep yellow and bright red flowers.

Where it grows

This bossiaea usually grows near the edges of salt lakes in the Coolgardie, Esperance plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of Western Australia.

Other Bossiaea plants

Alpine Bossiaea · Water Bush · Bossiaea arcuata · Bossiaea arenicola · Bossiaea arenitensis · Bossiaea armitii · Bossiaea atrata · Bossiaea aurantiaca · Bossiaea barrettiorum · Bossiaea bombayensis · Holly Leaved Pea Flower · Mountain Leafless Bossiaea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bossiaea barbarae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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