Bossiaea buxifolia

Matted Bossiaea at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

	Bossiaea buxifolia	18 Jan 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Bossiaea (genus)	17 Jan 2021	MPW

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Prostrate Flowering Pea, Red and Yellow blooms about 2-3cm, leaves ovate, up to 1.5cm long and about 1cm wide, growing in dry litter below scribbly and Yellow gums, Grassy Woodland, along Clancy's track. Each 'bush' is sprawling, variable in surface area from 0.5 to 3sq m. Occurs only at one relatively small site along Clancy's track (here). Inconspicuous, unless flowering.

2 comments

waltraud wrote:

17 Jan 2021

Max
I think Bossiaea is correct; perhaps B buxifolia. We have one record of B buxifolia and a couple of B prostrata for Mt Majura. If you can find it again please collect a sample; I think the leaves of the 2 species can be distinguished.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

18 Jan 2021

Red-brown back of flower distinguishes it from B. prostrata which is more pinkish and yellow

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Location information

Coordinates 149.171667 -35.229722
Places Majura, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
20 Sep 2020 02:30 PM Recorded on
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MPW Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Peas Plants

Additional information

10cm to 30cm Plant height
True In flower

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
356 images trained Machine learning
In flower

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