Bossiaea cinerea
Common Name:
Showy Bossiaea
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Wannon, Grampians, Otway Plain, Otway Range, Gippsland Plain, Wilsons Promontory (DEJKNPTWXY) also SA, NSW, Tas
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Sandy heaths and heathy woodlands and forests
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Flower Description:
Red and yellow
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Habit:
Erect or spreading shrub to 1.5 m tall
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
This species has stems with a dense covering of hairs. The leaves are dark green and have a hairless upper surface that is minutely warty and a pale and a hairy lower surface
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Leaves are triangular in shape and almost stalkless
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Conservation status:
Not threatened
References:
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Meagher, D. and Kohout, M. (2001). “A field guide to Wilsons Promontory”. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
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Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria
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Ellis, M. (unpublished). “A Field Guide to South Gippsland Flora”.