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Bossiaea fragrans

Bossiaea fragrans
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Bossiaea fragrans is a rare, erect Australian shrub from a small area of New South Wales, grown mainly by enthusiasts of native pea-flowered plants. It is best treated like other Bossiaea: sun, good drainage, and minimal feeding.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it tolerates dry conditions once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil, low in fertility
Temperature
Tolerates cool to warm temperatures; frost-hardy in mild frosts, shelter from severe cold
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Bossiaea 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.

Where it grows

This bossiaea is only known from two populations near Abercrombie Caves on the southern tablelands of New South Wales where it grows in woodland.

Other Bossiaea plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bossiaea fragrans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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