Dillwynia stipulifera
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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. stipulifera
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| Dillwynia stipulifera | |
Dillwynia stipulifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy stems, linear leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.
Description
[edit]Dillwynia stipulifera is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–50 cm (12–20 in) with silky-hairy stems. The leaves are linear, 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) long with stipules 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) long. The flowers are arranged in pairs in leaf axils near the ends of branchlets, forming a spherical cluster. There are bracts and bracteoles 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long and the sepals are 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long. The standard petal is yellow with red markings, 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long but broader than long.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]Dillwynia stipulifera was first formally described in 1939 by William Blakely in the journal The Australian Naturalist from specimens collected "between Clarence and Wolgan" by Joseph Maiden in 1906.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This dillwynia grows in swampy heath over sandstone near Lithgow and in the Budawang Range. It is one of the species present in the endangered Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamp ecological community.[2][3][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dillwynia stipulifera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Dillwynia stipulifera". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ a b Wood, Betty. "Dillwynia stipulifera". Lucis Keys. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Dillwynia stipulifera". APNI. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamp in the Sydney Basin Bioregion". New South Wales Government Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 16 June 2021.