{{Short description|Species of legume}} {{Speciesbox |name = |image = |image_caption = |status = P3 |status_system = DECF |taxon = Bossiaea concinna |authority = Benth.<ref name=APC>{{cite web|title=''Bossiaea concinna''|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/62286|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> |range_map= |range_map_caption= }}
'''''Bossiaea concinna ''''' is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spiny, more or less glabrous shrub with oblong leaves and bright yellow and red flowers.
==Description== ''Bossiaea concinna'' is an erect, compact shrub that typically grows up to {{cvt|1.5|m}} high and {{cvt|2.0|m}} wide and is more or less glabrous with short side shoots ending in a sharp point. The leaves are arranged alternately and are oblong, {{cvt|1.8–6.5|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.0–1.3|mm}} wide on a petiole {{cvt|0.4–0.8|mm}} long with narrow egg-shaped stipules {{cvt|0.5–0.9|mm}} long at the base. The flowers are borne singly or in small groups on a pedicel {{cvt|3.5–11|mm}} long with a single bract {{cvt|0.6–1.3|mm}} long. The five sepals are joined at the base forming a tube {{cvt|2.0–3.5|mm}} long, the two upper lobes {{cvt|0.8–1.8|mm}} long and the lower lobes slightly shorter. The standard petal is {{cvt|8.0–9.2|mm}} long, bright yellow with a pinkish-red base, the wings red and {{cvt|5.8–7.4|mm}} long, and the keel {{cvt|7.0–7.4|mm}} long and dark pinkish-red. Flowering occurs from June to September and the fruit is a pod {{cvt|10–16|mm}} long.<ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=''Bossiaea concinna''|id=3706}}</ref><ref name="Muelleria">{{cite journal |last1=Ross |first1=James H. |title=A conspectus of the Western Australian ''Bossiaea'' species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae) |journal=Muelleria |date=2006 |volume=23 |pages=91–96 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/278250#page/93/mode/1up |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref>
==Taxonomy and naming== ''Bossiaea concinna'' was first described in 1864 by George Bentham in his book ''Flora Australiensis'' from specimens collected by James Drummond.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Bossiaea concinna''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/467926 |publisher=APNI|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="F.Muell.">{{cite book |last1=Bentham |first1=George |last2=von Mueller |first2=Ferdinand |title=Flora Australiensis |volume=2 |date=1864 |publisher=Lovell Reeve & Co. |location=London |page=161 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/3670#page/167/mode/1up |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> The specific epithet (''concinna'') mean "neat", "pretty" or "elegant".<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=168 |edition=3rd}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat== The species of bossiaea grows in sandy soils above the samphire zone usually within sight of a salt lake. It occurs in scattered populations in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.<ref name="Muelleria" /><ref name="FloraBase" />
==Conservation status== ''Bossiaea concinna'' is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife<ref name="FloraBase" /> meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.<ref name=codes>{{cite web|title=Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna|url=https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/plants-animals/threatened-species/Listings/Conservation%20code%20definitions.pdf|publisher=Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife|accessdate=16 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="FloraBase" />
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concinna Category:Rosids of Western Australia Category:Taxa named by George Bentham Category:Plants described in 1864