Английская Википедия:Bossiaea pulchella
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Bossiaea pulchella is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves, and orange-yellow, purplish brown and dark red flowers.
Description
Bossiaea pulchella is a slender, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt with densely hairy branchlets. The leaves are egg-shaped with a heart-shaped base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long with triangular stipules Шаблон:Cvt long at the base. The flowers are arranged singly on glabrous pedicels Шаблон:Cvt long, with bracts about Шаблон:Cvt long attached to the pedicels. There are oblong bracteoles Шаблон:Cvt long on the pedicels. The five sepals are joined at the base, forming a tube Шаблон:Cvt long, the lobes Шаблон:Cvt but the two upper lobes broader than the lower lobes. The standard petal is orange-yellow with a purplish-brown base and Шаблон:Cvt long, the wings Шаблон:Cvt long, and the keel is dark red and Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit is a pod Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Bossiaea pulchella was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected on the Darling Scarp in 1839.[2][3][4] The specific epithet (pulchella) means "small and beautiful".[5]
Distribution and habitat
This bossiaea usually grows in lateritic soil in woodland in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[1][2]
Conservation status
Bossiaea pulchella is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[1]
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