Bossiaea kiamensis

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Bossiaea kiamensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Bossiaea
Species:
B. kiamensis
Binomial name
Bossiaea kiamensis
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Habit in Budawang National Park

Bossiaea kiamensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south coast of New South Wales. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with narrow elliptic or narrow oblong leaves and yellow and red to brown flowers.

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Description

Bossiaea kiamensis is an erect or prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 4 m (13 ft) and usually has its young stems covered with white hairs. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, narrow elliptic or narrow oblong, 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) long and 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) wide on a petiole 0.8–2 mm (0.031–0.079 in) long with stipules about 2 mm (0.079 in) long at the base. The leaves have a few hairs on the lower surface and the lower surface is paler than the upper surface. The flowers are 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long, each flower on a pedicel up to about 5 mm (0.20 in) long with several egg-shaped bracts up to 1.0 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long joined at the base with bracteoles on the pedicel. The standard petal is yellow-orange with red markings, the wings purplish-brown with red streaks and the keel red is red to dark brown. Flowering mostly occurs from September to October and the fruit is an egg-shaped pod 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Bossiaea kiamensis was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected near Kiama. [4] [5]

Distribution and habitat

This bossiaea grows on sandstone on the south coast of New South Wales from the Illawarra region to Milton. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Bossiaea kiamensis". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. Wood, Betty. "Bossiaea kiamensis". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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  5. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 158. Retrieved 2 August 2021.