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Bossiaea webbii

Bossiaea webbii
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Bossiaea webbii, commonly known as water bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender shrub with more or less round to kidney-shaped, minutely-toothed leaves and orange-yellow and red, pea-like flowers.

Where it grows

Water bush grows in jarrah, karri and marri forest and in low, heathy woodland in the Jarrah Forest and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

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 webbii 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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