Dillwynia acerosa explained

Dillwynia acerosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect spindly shrub with hairy, needle-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.

Description

Dillwynia acerosa is an erect, spindly shrub that typically grows to a height of up to with hairy stems that are round in cross-section. The leaves or phylloclades are arranged alternately, needle-shaped, long and wide. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a hairy pedicel long with hairy sepals long. The standard petal is long, the wings long and the keel long. There are ten stamens, the style is hairy and long. Flowering occurs in September and the fruit is a follicle that is not constricted between the seeds.

Taxonomy and naming

Dillwynia acerosa was first formally described in 1899 by Spencer Le Marchant Moore in Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany.[1] [2] The specific epithet (acerosa) means "needle-shaped", referring to the leaves.[3]

Distribution

This goodenia grows gravelly clay in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison and Nullarbor biogeographic regions of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Dillwynia acerosa is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dillwynia acerosa. APNI. 16 May 2021.
  2. Moore . Spencer le Marchant . The Botanical Results of a Journey into the Interior of Western Australia . Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany . 1899 . 34 . 187–188 . 16 May 2021.
  3. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 126 . 3rd.