Английская Википедия:Bossiaea spinescens
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Bossiaea spinescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, spreading or compact, spiny shrub with oblong to oval leaves and yellow and reddish-brown, pea-like flowers.
Description
Bossiaea spinescens is a slender, spreading or compact, spiny shrub that typically grows up to Шаблон:Cvt high and Шаблон:Cvt wide with ridged branchlets and short side-shoots ending in a spiny point. The leaves are oblong to oval, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long with stipules Шаблон:Cvt long at the base. The flowers are arranged singly or in small groups, each flower on a hairy pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long, with oblong to egg-shaped bracts Шаблон:Cvt long at the base, but that usually fall off as the flower opens. There are hairy bracteoles Шаблон:Cvt long at the base of the sepals. The five sepals are glabrous and joined at the base, forming a tube Шаблон:Cvt long, the two upper lobes Шаблон:Cvt long and the lower lobes slightly shorter. The standard petal is orange-yellow with a reddish-brown base and Шаблон:Cvt long, the wings are dark red and Шаблон:Cvt long, and the keel dark red and Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from May to October and the fruit is a flattened pod Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Bossiaea spinescens was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected near York in 1839.[3][4] The specific epithet (spinescens) means "somewhat spiny".[5]
Distribution and habitat
This bossiaea grows in heathland and woodland, often amongst granite boulders in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Murchison and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[1][2]
Conservation status
Bossiaea spinescens is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[1]
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