Bossiaea sericea
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Bossiaea sericea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to higher areas of south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less round to heart-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers.
Description
Bossiaea sericea is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|2|m}} and has stems that are round in cross-section. The leaves are more or less round to hear-shaped or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, mostly {{cvt|2–4|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.5–5|mm}} wide with triangular stipules {{cvt|0.7–2|mm}} long and longer than the petiole. The upper surface of the leaves is more or less glabrous but the lower surface is covered with fine white hairs. The flowers are {{cvt|5–7|mm}} long and arranged singly on a pedicel {{cvt|1–3.5|mm}} long with crowded broadly egg-shaped bracts up to {{cvt|0.7–2.2|mm}} long at the base and narrow egg-shaped or oblong bracteoles {{cvt|0.7–2.5|mm}} long near the base of the sepals. The five sepals are {{cvt|2.0-3.5|mm}} long and joined at the base forming a tube, the upper lobes {{cvt|0.9–1.5|mm}} long and about {{cvt|0.8|mm}} wide, the lower lobes shorter and narrower. The petals are yellow, sometimes tinged with pink on the edges, the standard petal up to about {{cvt|8|mm}} long, the wings {{cvt|1.5–2.0|mm}} wide, and the keel {{cvt|2.0–2.5|mm}} wide. Flowering occurs from December to January and the fruit is a broadly elliptic pod {{cvt|6–10|mm}} long and covered rusty hairs or a mixture of pale and rusty hairs.{{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=Ian R. |title=A revision of eastern Australian Bossiaea (Fabaceae: Bossiaeae) |journal=Muelleria |date=2012 |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=119–120 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/279580#page/41/mode/1up |access-date= 4 September 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Messina |first1=Andre |last2=Stajsic |first2=Val |title=Bossiaea sericea |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/aa7fa67c-e5a7-4e71-8440-813428599903 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=4 September 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Betty |title=Bossiaea sericea |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/pdf/entities/bossiaea_sericea.pdf |publisher=Lucid Keys |access-date=4 September 2021}}{{cite web |title=Bossiaea sericea |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Bossiaea~sericea |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=4 September 2021}}
Taxonomy
Bossiaea sericea was first formally described in 2012 by Ian R. Thompson in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected by Robert Owen Makinson on 3 December 1991 near Omeo.{{cite web|title=Bossiaea sericea|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/753308 |publisher=APNI|access-date=4 September 2021}}{{IPNI|id=77121343-1|taxon=Bossiaea sericea}} The specific epithet (sericea) is derived from the Latin, sericeus (silky) and refers to the silky undersurface of the leaves.
==Distribution and habitat==
This bossiaea is found in north-eastern and far eastern Victoria, far south-eastern New South Wales, and in the Australian Capital Territory, growing in alpine and subalpine areas at altitudes above {{cvt|800|m}}, growing in heath and woodland (often bordered by grassland).
References
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External links
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsofchiltern/albums/72157704184776205 Images (Flickr: Friends of Chiltern: Bossiaea sericea)]
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)
Category:Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
Category:Flora of New South Wales