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Bossiaea rhombifolia

Synonyms: Bossiaea lenticularis (heterotypic); Bossiaea rhombifolia rhombifolia; Bossiaea rotundifolia

Wikipedia Abstract

Bossiaea rhombifolia, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family found in eastern Australia. An upright shrub to two metres tall. Branches are hairless and mostly flat, particularly when young. A most attractive plant when in full flower. Leaves are angular ovate or rhomboid in shape, 3 to 10 mm long. Leaf stipules are triangular, 1 mm long. Flowers are the typical yellow and red of this “bacon and egg” wildflower group, usually flowering between July and October. The specific epithet rhombifolia refers to the diamond-shaped leaves in some specimens. Two forms are recognised:
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Attributes

Structure [1]  Shrub

Predators

Neolucia agricola (Fringed Blue)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0