Bossiaea prostrata
| Bossiaea prostrata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Bossiaea |
| Species: | B. prostrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Bossiaea prostrata R.Br. | |
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Bossiaea prostrata, commonly known as creeping bossiaea, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. It usually has a prostrate to procumbent habit. The leaves are ovate to rounded or oblong, 3 to 15 mm long and have a petiole that is about 5 mm long. Flowering peaks between September and November in its native range.[1] The flowers have orange-yellow standards, that are pinkish brown on the back, and purple-brown keels. The seed pods are oblong in shape and between 20 mm and 30 mm long.[2]
It is similar to the species Bossiaea buxifolia, but may be distinguished by its longer leaves, petioles and pedicels and more distant leaf spacing.[3]
The species was first formally described in 1812 by botanist Robert Brown in Hortus Kewensis.[4] It occurs in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
References
- ↑ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
- ↑ "Bossiaea prostrata". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ↑ "Bossiaea". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ↑ "Bossiaea prostrata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 13 May 2012.