Dillwynia uncinata
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| Silky parrot-pea | |
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| Dillwynia uncinata in Ferries McDonald Conservation Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Dillwynia |
| Species: | D. uncinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Dillwynia uncinata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Dillwynia uncinata, commonly known as silky parrot-pea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with cylindrical leaves and yellow flowers with a red centre.
Dillwynia uncinata is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of about 50 cm (20 in) and has silky-hairy upper stems. The leaves are cylindrical, mostly 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long, about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide on a petiole up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The flowers are arranged in more or less sessile groups of two to five, each flower on a pedicel 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The sepals are hairy, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and the standard petal is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long and yellow with a red centre. The wings are slightly shorter and the keel shortest and reddish. Flowering occurs from September to November.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
This species was first formally described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou[5] and was given the name Eutaxia uncinata.[6] In 1916, John McConnell Black changed the name to Dillwynia uncinata in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.[7][8] The specific epithet (uncinata) means "hooked" or "barbed", referring to the leaves.[9]