Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Bossiaea sericea
Common name
A Bossiaea
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Woodland, heath and shrubland, often on the edge of grasslands. ACT, the mountains to the west, and Kosciuszko National Park. Occasionally on the Western Slopes.
Notes
Shrub to about 2 m tall. Stems cylindrical, hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.15-0.4 cm long, 1.5-5 mm wide, more or less round, lower surface evenly hairy with white hairs, margins smooth or warty, with a pale rim. Flowers 5-8 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel. Petals yellow, sometimes with pink tinges on the margins. Flowers Summer.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description with line drawing: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Bossiaea~sericea (accessed 5 January, 2020)
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