Dillwynia ramosissima

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Bushy parrot-pea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Dillwynia
Species:
D. ramosissima
Binomial name
Dillwynia ramosissima
Synonyms [1]
  • Dillwynia floribunda var. spinescens Maiden & Betche
  • Dillwynia ramosissimaBenth. isonym
  • Dillwynia spinescens(Maiden & Betche) Cheel
  • Dillwynia spinescens var. inermis Blakely

Dillwynia ramosissima, commonly known as bushy parrot-pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a low-lying to erect shrub with linear to narrow oblong or spatula-shaped leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.

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Description

Dillwynia ramosissima is a low-lying to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1.5 m (1 ft 4 in – 4 ft 11 in) with glabrous, often spiny stems. The leaves are linear to narrow oblong or spatula-shaped, 1–10 mm (0.039–0.394 in) long and about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide on a petiole about 1 mm (0.039 in) long, and with the edges rolled under. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils near the ends of branchlets on a peduncle 0.5–8 mm (0.020–0.315 in) long with bracts about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are hairy, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and more or less glabrous, the standard petal is yellow with red veins, 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long, the wings shorter and yellow and the keel is red. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is an oval pod 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Dillwynia ramosissima was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham in Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus. [4] The specific epithet (ramosissima) means "much-branched". [5]

Distribution

This dillwynia grows in heath and forest south from the Cudgegong River in New South Wales and in central Victoria. [2] [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Jeanes, Jeff A. "Dillwynia ramosissima". Royal Botanic Gardens Vicotira. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Dillwynia ramosissima". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 291. ISBN   9780958034180.