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Dillwynia uncinata (Turcz.) J.M.Black
Silky Parrot Pea

Reference
Fl.S.Austral. 303 (1924)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, divaricately branched shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. orange & yellow & red, Aug to Oct. Sandy soils, gravel, clay, lateritic soils. Dunes, swampy areas, undulating plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 December 2004

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 5-14 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, glabrous, terete or strongly incurved, appearing terete but grooved above; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 2-2.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 7-8.2 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9-13 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or orange, with some yellow, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 10.5-12 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 7.5-10 mm long, not auriculate, keel 7-8 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.7-0.9 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 3-5 mm long. Ovary hairy or glandular; style 1.5-2.5 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren, Esperance and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 24 October 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Mardabilla, Merredin, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Capel, Cunderdin, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Nannup, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, West Arthur, Wickepin, Wyalkatchem.