''Bossiaea dasycarpa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
and is
endemic
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to a small area in eastern Australia. It is a prostrate or low-lying shrub with narrow oblong to narrow elliptic leaves, and yellow and red flowers.
Description
''Bossiaea dasycarpa'' is a prostrate or low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of up to about and has hairy stems. The leaves are narrow oblong to narrow elliptic, long and wide on a
petiole long with triangular
stipule
In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole). Stipules are considered part of the anatomy of the leaf of a typical flowering plant, although in many speci ...
s long at the base. The flowers are arranged singly or in small groups on longer branchlets, each flower on a hairy
pedicel
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...
long with a
bract
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long. The sepals are about long with lance-shaped
bracteoles
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long at the base of the
sepal
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tube but that sometimes fall off as the flower opens. The petals are yellow, often with red on the back, the
standard Standard may refer to:
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petal is up to about long and slightly longer than the
wings
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and
keel
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, the keel with a red tip. Flowering occurs in mid to late spring and the fruit is an narrow oblong
pod long.
Taxonomy and naming
''Bossiaea dasycarpa'' was first formally described in 2012 by
Ian R. Thompson in the journal ''
Muelleria'' from specimens collected near
Isis River in 1995.
The
specific epithet
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(''dasycarpa'') means "hairy fruit".
Distribution and habitat
This bossiaea grows in woodland and grassland from near
Maryborough in Queensland to near
Hillgrove in New South Wales.
References
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dasycarpa
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Victoria (state)
Plants described in 2012