Family: Fabaceae-Faboideae
Plant: An erect, slender shrub up to 1m high with flattened stems.
Flowers: Large yellow pea flower 7-15mm long with a red keel. Flowers are solitary in the leaf axils.
Flowering: April-June.
Fruit: Rust-coloured pod 2-4cm long and 7-9mm wide with conspicuous margins.
Leaves: Alternate 2-ranked leaves, 1-3cm long. Their shape can vary between obovate and narrow linear.
Habitat: Usually found in dry, rocky locations in heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Alternate 2-ranked leaves. Conspicuous yellow and red pea flowers in Autumn.
Name:
Bossiaea After the French physician and botanist Boissieu de la Martiniere.
heterophylla From Greek heteros = different and phyllon = leaf (referring to its variable- leaves).
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Pea, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow, Red |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4, 5 |
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Flowering Month |
4, 5, 6 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Pod |
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Colour |
Rust, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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