{{Short description|Species of legume}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{italic title}} {{speciesbox |image = |image_caption = ''Bossiaea armitii'' |genus = Bossiaea |species = armitii |authority = F.Muell.<ref name=apni/><ref name=muell/> |range_map=BossiaeaarmitiiDistMap27.png | range_map_caption =Occurrence data from the AVH |synonyms= |synonyms_ref= }} '''''Bossiaea armitii''''' is an erect, rhizomatous, leafless shrub<ref name=thomp/> in the pea family (Fabaceae), and is native to Queensland.<ref name=PWO/>

==Description== ''Bossiaea armitii'' grows to about 3 m, with cladodes up to about 40&nbsp;mm wide. The inflorescence bearing cladodes are smooth except for hairs on the margin immediately above the axil. Cladodes are green/greyish at flowering. In profile new growth is elliptic.<ref name=thomp/> The ovate bracteoles are persistent.<ref name=thomp/> It flowers from summer to autumn and the yellow flowers<ref name=thomp/> are about 20&nbsp;mm long.<ref name=key/> The pods are smooth with minute ridging along the suture.<ref name=thomp/>

==Distribution== It occurs in far north Queensland to as far south as Charters Towers, and grows in woodland and shrubland, often along rivers and among rocks.<ref name=thomp/>

==Taxonomy== The species was first described as ''Bossiaea armitii'' in 1875 by von Mueller.<ref name=apni/><ref name=muell/> The accepted description is now that of Holland & Pedley (2010).<ref name=apni/><ref name=holland/> There are no synonyms.<ref name=PWO/><ref name=apni/> The lectotype is MEL 651099 and isolectotypes are: MEL 651100, MEL 651101.<ref name=apni/><ref name=thomp/>

== References == <!--- See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to create references using<ref></ref> tags, these references will then appear here automatically --> {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=muell>von Mueller, F.J.H. (1875) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/764315 Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(74): 44]</ref> <ref name=apni>{{APNI | name = ''Bossiaea armitii'' | id = 62162|accessdate=20 September 2018|publisher=Australian Plant Name Index}}</ref> <ref name=holland>Holland, A.E. & Pedley, L. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (2010), Fabaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora: 68</ref> <ref name=PWO>Govaerts, R. ''et al.'' (2018) [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:482039-1 Plants of the world online: ''Bossiaea armitii''.] Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 September 2018.</ref> <ref name=thomp>Thompson, I.R. (2012) [https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/documents/Muelleria_30%282%29%2C_Thompson_Low_Res.pdf A revision of eastern Australian ''Bossiaea'' (Fabaceae: Bossiaeae).] ''Muelleria'' 30(2): 163-164</ref> <ref name=key>[https://www.tropicalgrasslands.asn.au/Legumes%20of%20Qld/Contents%20Legumes%20book/Genera/Bossiaea.pdf Tropical grasslands of Queensland: key to ''Bossiaea'']</ref> }}

== External links == *For some images see: [http://www.northqueenslandplants.com/Australian%20Plant%20Families%20A-F/Fabaceae/Bossiaea/Bossiaea%20armitii.html North Queensland Plants: ''Bossiaea armitii'']

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