''Dillwynia parvifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
and is
endemic to New South Wales. It is a spreading to erect shrub with twisted, narrow oblong leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.
Description
''Dillwynia parvifolia'' is a spreading to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and has tiny hairs on the stems. The leaves are twisted, narrow oblong, long and
glabrous. The flowers are arranged in
umbels of up to six 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 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 glabrous and the
standard petal is long and yellow with red markings. The fruit is a
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 ...
long.
Taxonomy and naming
''Dillwynia parvifolia'' was first formally described in 1812 by
John Sims in the ''
Botanical Magazine'' from an unpublished description by
Robert Brown.
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 ...
(''parvifolia'') means "small-leaved".
Distribution and habitat
This dillwynia grows in forest on the coast and tablelands from the
Cumberland Plain to the
Clyde River.
References
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parvifolia
Flora of New South Wales
Plants described in 1812
Taxa named by John Sims (taxonomist)