Bossiaea buxifolia

Matted Bossiaea at Paddys River, ACT

Bossiaea buxifolia at Paddys River, ACT - 15 Oct 2016
Bossiaea buxifolia at Paddys River, ACT - 15 Oct 2016
Bossiaea buxifolia at Paddys River, ACT - 15 Oct 2016
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Identification history

Bossiaea buxifolia 24 Oct 2016 BettyDonWood
Bossiaea buxifolia 23 Oct 2016 galah681

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2 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   24 Oct 2016
Could you do a closeup of the join between a leaf and its stem please. i get the impression that there is ajoint rather than a smooth continuation. In that case it is Bossiaea prostrata. With material that is probably not sourced from ACT seed, the colour of the back of standard (hat) petal is not a reliable character for telling them apart.
galah681 wrote:
   24 Oct 2016
I have added a closeup of the leaves and stem. As the plant was growing at the head of the Tidbinbilla valley I would expect that the seed was local to that area.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Bossiaea buxifolia Scientific name
  • Matted Bossiaea Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1311.38m Recorded at altitude
  • 334 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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