Bossiaea preissii
Bossiaea preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a compact, glabrous shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow, red, orange or apricot-coloured flowers. Description
Bossiaea preissii is a compact, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of  with side shoots ending in a sharp point. The leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or elliptic,  long and  wide on a petiole  long with narrow triangular stipules  long at the base. The flowers are arranged singly on pedicels  long, with one or a few bracts  long at the base. There are oblong bracteoles  long on the pedicels. The five sepals are joined at the base, forming a tube  long, the lobes  but the two upper lobes much broader than the lower lobes. The standard petal is red or yellow, orange or apricot with a red or orange base and  long, the wings  long, and the keel is pinkish or yellow and  long. Flowering occurs from May to October and the fruit is an oblong pod  long.<ref name="Muelleria">{{cite journal |last1=Ross |first1=James H. |title=A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23: |journal=Muelleria |date=2006 |volume=11 |pages=83–86 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/278250#page/85/mode/1up |access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref>

Taxonomy and namingBossiaea preissii was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected at Cape Riche in 1840. The specific epithet (preissii) honours Ludwig Preiss. Distribution and habitat
This bossiaea usually grows in sand on dunes along the coast and in gravelly soils in low scrub or heathland further inland, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions of southern Western Australia. Conservation statusBossiaea preissii'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. References

preissii
Flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1844
Taxa named by Carl Meissner