Dillwynia acicularis

Dillwynia acicularis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with linear, grooved leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.

Dillwynia acicularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Dillwynia
Species:
D. acicularis
Binomial name
Dillwynia acicularis
Synonyms[1]
  • Dillwynia acicularis DC. var. acicularis
  • Dillwynia acicularis var. leptophylla Blakely
Habit

Description

Dillwynia acicularis is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) with hairy stems. The leaves are erect, narrow linear, sometimes triangular in cross-section, 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) long with a longitudinal groove on the upper surface. The flowers are arranged in racemes on the ends of branchlets with leaves at the base, and hairy bracts and bracteoles about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, and the standard petal is 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long and the keel is yellow with red markings.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Dillwynia acicularis was first formally described in 1825 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[4][5] The specific epithet (acicularis) means "needle-pointed".[6]

Distribution

This dillwynia grows in forest on sandstone or granite in the Sydney region, between the Goulburn River, Bargo and Braidwood in eastern New South Wales.[2][3]

References
  1. "Dillwynia acicularis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. "Dillwynia acicularis". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. "Dillwynia acicularis". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. "Dillwynia acicularis". APNI. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. de Candolle, Augustin P. (1825). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 1. Paris. p. 109. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 126. ISBN 9780958034180.
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