''Dillwynia hispida '', commonly known as red parrot-pea,
is a species of flowering plant in the family
and is
endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less
glabrous stems, linear to thread-like leaves and orange and red, partly crimson flowers.
Description
''Dillwynia hispida'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to and has more or less glabrous stems. The leaves are linear to thread-like with the edges turned downwards, mostly long and usually covered with stiff hairs. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to nine on the ends of branchlets on a
peduncle Peduncle may refer to:
*Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed
*Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body
**Peduncle (art ...
up to long, each flower on a
pedicel long with
bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...
s and
bracteoles long. The
sepals are long and usually hairy on the outside. The
standard petal is long, orange and red and the
keel usually protrudes from the red to crimson
wings. The fruit is an oval to more or less spherical
pod
Pod or POD may refer to:
Biology
* Pod (fruit), a type of fruit of a flowering plant
* Husk or pod of a legume
* Pod of whales or other marine mammals
* "-pod", a suffix meaning "foot" used in taxonomy
Electronics and computing
* Proper ort ...
about long.
Taxonomy
''Dillwynia hispida'' was first formally described in 1838 by
John Lindley
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.
Early years
Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley w ...
in
Thomas Mitchell's journal, ''Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia''.
The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
(''hispida'') means "with rough, bristly hairs".
Distribution and habitat
This dillwynia mainly grows in heath, woodland, forest and
mallee scrubland in western Victoria, southern inland New South, and south-eastern South Australia.
References
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hispida
Fabales of Australia
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Victoria (Australia)
Taxa named by John Lindley
Plants described in 1838