Bossiaea zarae
Bossiaea zarae, commonly known as Princess May winged pea, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with winged stems, winged cladodes, scale-like leaves and yellow, and reddish-brown flowers. Description
Bossiaea zarae is an erect shrub that typically grows up to  high and  wide. The stems are flattened, winged and up to  wide, ending in winged cladodes  wide. The leaves are reduced to dark brown, narrow egg-shaped scales,  long. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs on pedicels  long with overlapping, narrow egg-shaped bracts up to  long at the base and narrow egg-shaped bracteoles about  long attached to the pedicels. The sepals are  long and joined at the base forming a tube, the two upper lobes  long and the lower three lobes  long. The standard petal is golden yellow with reddish brown marking, a yellow centre and  long, the wings uniformly yellow and  long, the keel yellowish and  long. Flowering has been observed in August and January and the fruit is an oblong pod  long. Taxonomy and naming
Bossiaea zarae was first formally described in 2015 by Russell Lindsay Barrett in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected on Bigge Island in 2008. The specific epithet (zarae) is from "the Arabic and Hebrew name Zara (meaning princess)", referring to the Princess May Ranges where this species was discovered. Distribution and habitat
Princess May winged pea grows on sandstone ridges and pavements in low shrubland in the Prince Regent National Park and on Bigge Island in the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. Conservation status
This bossiaea is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. References

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Rosids of Western Australia
Taxa named by Russell Lindsay Barrett
Plants described in 2015