Dillwynia rupestris
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| Dillwynia rupestris | |
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| In the Gibraltar Range National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Dillwynia |
| Species: | D. rupestris |
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| Dillwynia rupestris | |
Dillwynia rupestris is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Gibraltar Range National Park in New South Wales. It is an erect, single-stemmed shrub with linear leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.
Dillwynia rupestris is a robust, erect, single-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–2.5 m (1 ft 8 in – 8 ft 2 in) with prominent flanges on the stems. The leaves are linear, more or less cylindrical, 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long on a petiole 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long, and with a short, sharp point on the end. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets in racemes of between three and eighteen, each flower on a hairy pedicel 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long with bracts and bracteoles 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The sepals are grey to greyish-black and 3.5–6 mm (0.14–0.24 in) long. The standard petal is 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long, 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) wide and yellow with a narrow red crescent. Flowering occurs from mid-September to early October and the fruit is an oval pod 4.5–6.0 mm (0.18–0.24 in) long.[2][3]