Silky parrot-pea | |
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Dillwynia uncinata in Ferries McDonald Conservation Park | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Dillwynia |
Species: | D. uncinata
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Binomial name | |
Dillwynia uncinata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Dillwynia uncinata, commonly known as silky parrot-pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with cylindrical leaves and yellow flowers with a red centre.
Dillwynia uncinata is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of about 50 cm (20 in) and has silky-hairy upper stems. The leaves are cylindrical, mostly 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long, about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide on a petiole up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The flowers are arranged in more or less sessile groups of two to five, each flower on a pedicel 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The sepals are hairy, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and the standard petal is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long and yellow with a red centre. The wings are slightly shorter and the keel shortest and reddish. Flowering occurs from September to November. [2] [3] [4]
This species was first formally described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou [5] and was given the name Eutaxia uncinata. [6] In 1916, John McConnell Black changed the name to Dillwynia uncinata in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. [7] [8] The specific epithet (uncinata) means "hooked" or "barbed", referring to the leaves. [9]
This dillwynia grows in heath, on dunes and in swampy areas in the south-west of Western Australia, in south-eastern South Australia and in the north-west of Victoria. [2] [3] [4]
Dillwynia uncinata is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. [2]
Silky parrot-pea | |
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Dillwynia uncinata in Ferries McDonald Conservation Park | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Dillwynia |
Species: | D. uncinata
|
Binomial name | |
Dillwynia uncinata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Dillwynia uncinata, commonly known as silky parrot-pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with cylindrical leaves and yellow flowers with a red centre.
Dillwynia uncinata is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of about 50 cm (20 in) and has silky-hairy upper stems. The leaves are cylindrical, mostly 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long, about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide on a petiole up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The flowers are arranged in more or less sessile groups of two to five, each flower on a pedicel 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The sepals are hairy, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and the standard petal is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long and yellow with a red centre. The wings are slightly shorter and the keel shortest and reddish. Flowering occurs from September to November. [2] [3] [4]
This species was first formally described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou [5] and was given the name Eutaxia uncinata. [6] In 1916, John McConnell Black changed the name to Dillwynia uncinata in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. [7] [8] The specific epithet (uncinata) means "hooked" or "barbed", referring to the leaves. [9]
This dillwynia grows in heath, on dunes and in swampy areas in the south-west of Western Australia, in south-eastern South Australia and in the north-west of Victoria. [2] [3] [4]
Dillwynia uncinata is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. [2]