1 Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Bossiaea sp. | 27 Oct 2017 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Bossiaea buxifolia | 9 Oct 2017 | RosemaryRoth |
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5 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
10 Oct 2017
I need a photo of the back of the flower to be sure. The upright ('hat'') petal in Bossiaea buxifolia flowers is dark brown, and in B. protrata is pinky red to pinky brown. I get the impression of a joint between the leaf and the leaf stalk, whih prostrata has, and buxifolia not.
RosemaryRoth
wrote:
12 Oct 2017
I have added a couple more photos. Though there is a bit of colour variation the backs of the petals do seem to be a pinky brown rather than a dark brown and are more pink towards the bottom of the petal.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
27 Oct 2017
Hi Betty
This looks like Bossiaea buxifolia to me, which grows at Tuggeranong Hill, Rob Roy and Pine Island and which I've done a drawing of. The small leaves arranged close together in neat rows are very convincing. B. protrata has larger leaves that are much more widely spaced. I am just looking at my Flora of NSW book which makes this difference very clear.
This looks like Bossiaea buxifolia to me, which grows at Tuggeranong Hill, Rob Roy and Pine Island and which I've done a drawing of. The small leaves arranged close together in neat rows are very convincing. B. protrata has larger leaves that are much more widely spaced. I am just looking at my Flora of NSW book which makes this difference very clear.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
27 Oct 2017
The critical difference between these two species is that prostrata has compound leaves with a single leaflet, which means that there is a joint between the base of the leaf and its stalk. Very hard to pick up in a photo. Buxifolia has ordinary leaves with no joint at that point. According to Flora of the ACT, the colour of the back of the standard petal is a reliable character also. Pinky red to pinky brown in prostrata, dark brown in buxifolia.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
27 Oct 2017
Just looking at the photos we have of both Bossiaea buxifolia and B prostrata, this sighting looks quite different in many ways to the others we have of B prostrata. On the other hand it looks very similar to B buxifolia.
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- Coordinates 149.068957-35.380623
- Altitude 653.8m
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 11 Oct 2017 11:21 AM Recorded on
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- True In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
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- Bossiaea sp. Scientific name
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- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1165.68m Recorded at altitude
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