Dillwynia cinerascens
| Grey parrot-pea | |
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| Dillwynia cinerascens in Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne | |
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. cinerascens
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| Binomial name | |
| Dillwynia cinerascens | |
Dillwynia cinerascens, commonly known as grey parrot-pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect to low-lying shrub with linear or thread-like leaves and orange or yellow flowers.
Description[edit]
Dillwynia cinerascens is a low-lying to erect, heath-like shrub that grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in) with hairs flattened against its stems. The leaves are linear to thread-like, 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long and 0.3–0.5 mm (0.012–0.020 in) wide, sometimes with a few white hairs. The flowers are mostly orange or yellow and arranged in short racemes or corymbs, usually on the ends of branchlets, each flower sessile or on a short peduncle. There are hairy bracts about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and the sepals are about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The standard petal is 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long, the wings shorter and the keel shortest. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is an egg-shaped pod 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long and 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide containing smooth seeds.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy[edit]
Dillwynia cinerascens was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in the Botanical Magazine in 1821. Brown came across the plant in 1804 growing near the River Derwent in Tasmania.[6][7] The specific epithet (cinerascens) means "becoming ash-grey".[8]
Distribution[edit]
Grey parrot-pea grows in dry forest and woodland and is widespread in Victoria but also occurring in New South Wales south from near Bathurst, in Tasmania and in the far south-east of South Australia.[2][3][4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Dillwynia cinerascens". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Jeanes, Jeff A. "Dillwynia cinerascens". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b P.H. Weston & P.C. Jobson. "New South Wales Flora Online: Dillwynia cinerascens". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ a b "Dillwynia cinerascens". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Dillwynia cinerascens". Lucid Keys. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Dillwynia cinerascens". APNI. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Brown, Robert; Sims, John (ed.) (1821). "Dillwynia cinerascens". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 48: 2247. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
{{cite journal}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780958034180.