Dillwynia sieberi?
Sieber's Parrot-pea
Sieber's Parrot-pea
Not at ANBG
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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 (sieberi) honours Franz Sieber
It was first formally described in 1840 by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in his book Nomenclator Botanicus
Flowers
The flowers are arranged in racemes in up to ten leaf axils near the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel about 3 mm long
There are bracts and bracteoles about 1 mm long
The sepals are 3–5 mm long and joined at the base, the upper lobes joined in a broad "lip"
The flowers are yellow to yellow-orange with reddish-brown markings, the standard petal 5.5–9 mm long
Flowering occurs from April to November
Fruit:
An oval pod 5–6 mm long with the remains of the petals attached
Leaves:
The leaves are linear, needle-shaped and sharply-pointed, 7–20 mm long and less than 1 mm wide
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Habit:
An erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m with flattened hairs on the stems
Habitat:
Grows in forest and woodland and is widespread along the ranges
Distribution:
Western slopes of NSWs and the ACT, and in coastal areas between Newcastle and Nowra
It also occurs in south-eastern Queensland and a few places in south-eastern Victoria
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