Matted Bossiaea at Paddys River, ACT
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.902065-35.481314
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 15 Oct 2016 02:06 PM Recorded on
- galah681 Recorded by
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Collections
galah681 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Bossiaea buxifolia Peas Plants
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
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In flower
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