Bossiaea scortechinii F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Prostrate to decumbent shrub to 1 m wide; smaller stems ± flat, pubescent.
Leaves alternate, 1-foliolate; lamina elliptic to broad-obovate, ≤ 20 mm long, apex obtuse with a recurved point, upper surface ± sparsely hairy, lower surface densely pubescent to glabrous, margins recurved to revolute; stipules ovate, 1–2 mm long.
Flowers c. 7 mm long; pedicels mostly 3–9 mm long, occasionally longer; bracts few, < 2 mm long; bracteoles 2–3 mm long, inserted about middle of pedicel. Calyx 3–5 mm long, pubescent. Petals ± equal, mostly orange to yellow with some pinkish to red markings. Ovary ± sessile, with long, dense hairs, c. 8-ovuled.
Pod oblong, 10–20 mm long, hairy.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on sandy or granitic soils in dry sclerophyll forest; north from Rylstone.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by T. A. James Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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