Dillwynia brunioides
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| Sandstone parrot-pea | |
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| In Booderee National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Dillwynia |
| Species: | D. brunioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Dillwynia brunioides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pultenaea brunioides (Meisn.) Joy Thomps. | |
Dillwynia brunioides, commonly known as sandstone parrot-pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with silky-hairy stems, linear, grooved leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.
Dillwynia brunioides is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) with silky-hairy stems. The leaves are arranged alternately at angles to the stem, linear, more or less triangular in cross-section, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long with a longitudinal groove on the upper surface and minutely pimply. The flowers are arranged in heads of up to nine flowers on the ends of branchlets with bracts and bracteoles about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The sepals are hairy, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and joined at the base. The standard petal is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long and the keel is yellow with red markings.[2][3]