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Alpine Bossiaea

Bossiaea alpina

Alpine Bossiaea
Photo: Nina Kerr, CC BY 4.0

Bossiaea alpina is a small, diffuse shrub from the alpine and subalpine heaths of south-eastern Victoria, Australia, known for its bright yellow pea flowers. It is a rarely cultivated native, best suited to cool, open, free-draining sites.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; keep the soil lightly moist while young and let it dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic to neutral soil, sandy or gritty, low in fertility.
Temperature
Tolerates cool conditions; suited to cold winters and mild summers, protect from prolonged heat above 30 °C and hard frost when young.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Victoria
Climate
temperate

About

Bossiaea alpina is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a small area in south-eastern Victoria, Australia. It is a diffuse shrub with oblong to elliptic leaves and bright yellow flowers arranged singly on the ends of branchlets.

Where it grows

This bossiaea grows in alpine and subalpine heath and woodland in the southern alps of Victoria, including on Lake Mountain, Mount Buller and in the Howill Plains area.

Other Bossiaea plants

Water Bush · Bossiaea arcuata · Bossiaea arenicola · Bossiaea arenitensis · Bossiaea armitii · Bossiaea atrata · Bossiaea aurantiaca · Bossiaea barbarae · Bossiaea barrettiorum · Bossiaea bombayensis · Holly Leaved Pea Flower · Mountain Leafless Bossiaea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bossiaea alpina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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