Bossiaea fragrans

Bossiaea fragrans is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–2.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 8 ft 2 in) with flattened, winged cladodes 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) wide. The leaves are reduced to dark brown scales, 1.5–1.9 mm (0.059–0.075 in) long. The flowers are borne singly or in groups of up to six, each flower on a pedicel 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long with overlapping, narrow egg-shaped bracts up to 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long at the base. The five sepals are 4.5–5.0 mm (0.18–0.20 in) long and joined at the base forming a tube, the two upper lobes about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide and the lower three lobes about 1.0 mm (0.039 in) wide. There are also bracteoles but that fall off before the flower opens. The standard petal is yellow with a red base and 10.5–12.0 mm (0.41–0.47 in) long, the wings yellow with a red base and about 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) long and the keel is dark red and 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) wide. Flowering occurs in September and October and the fruit is an oblong pod 24–38 mm (0.94–1.50 in) long.[2][3][4]

Bossiaea fragrans was first formally described in 2009 by Keith Leonard McDougall in the journal Telopea from specimens he collected in the Abercrombie Karst Conservation Area.[2][5]

This bossiaea is only known from two populations near Abercrombie Caves on the southern tablelands of New South Wales where it grows in woodland.[3][6]

Bossiaea fragrans is listed as "critically endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.[3][6]