Dillwynia oreodoxa explained

Dillwynia oreodoxa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is an erect shrub with glabrous foliage, linear leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.

Description

Dillwynia oreodoxa is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to with glabrous stems and leaves. The leaves are linear, triangular in cross-section, long and wide. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of up to six, each flower on a pedicel up to long. The sepals are long, the standard petal about long, and yellow with red veins near the base, the wings about the same length as the standard, and the keel shorter and hooded. Flowering occurs from October to January and the fruit is a pod long and about wide.[1]

Taxonomy and naming

Dillwynia oreodoxa was first formally described in 1939 by William Blakely in The Australian Naturalist.[2] The specific epithet (oreodoxa) is from Greek words meaning "pertaining to mountains" and "glory".[3]

Distribution

This goodenia grows on rocky hillsides in woodland and forest in the Grampians National Park, south-western Victoria.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeanes . Jeff A. . Dillwynia oreodoxa . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . 7 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Dillwynia oreodoxa. APNI. 7 June 2021.
  3. Book: . Botanical Latin. History, grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary . 1992 . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon . 4th. 402,458.