Dillwynia crispii

Location & distribution maps

Common name:         no common name

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• The name Dillwynia honours Lewis Weston Dillwyn "whose scientific labours respecting the genus Conferva, as well as his knowledge in other abstruse parts of botany, merit such a memorial"

• The specific epithet (crispii) honours Michael Crisp of the Australian National University

Flowers

•  The flowers are usually arranged in pairs in leaf axils on a peduncle 1–1.5 mm long with bracts and bracteoles 1–1.5 mm long

• The sepals are pinkish or reddish, 5–7 mm long and glabrous and the standard petal is 8–10 mm long and yellow with red markings

Fruit:                            

Leaves:         

• The leaves are more or less erect, linear, sometimes triangular in cross-section, 10–18 mm long with a longitudinal groove on the upper surface

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Dillwynia crispii is an erect, single-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–2.5 m with silky hairs between prominent leaf scars

Habitat:   

• Woodland with a dense understorey, usually near cliffs 

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to Morton National Park

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy and naming

  • Dillwynia crispii was first formally described in 1999 by Peter C. Jobson and Peter H. Weston in the journal Telopea from specimens they collected near Nerriga

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillwynia_crispii   (2024)