Dillwynia laxiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a prostrate to spreading shrub with needle-shaped leaves and yellow and red flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Dillwynia |
| Species: | D. laxiflora
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Description
editDillwynia laxiflora is a prostrate to spreading or scrambling shrub with mostly glabrous branches. The leaves are cylindrical, 3.6–8 mm (0.14–0.31 in) long and 0.5–0.8 mm (0.020–0.031 in) wide with a longitudinal groove on the upper surface. The flowers are mostly yellow or red with yellow or red markings, each flower on a pedicel 3.5–4 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long, the sepals hairy and 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long. The standard petal is 8.5–10 mm (0.33–0.39 in) long, the wings 7–7.5 mm (0.28–0.30 in) long and the keel 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. There are ten stamens and the style is hairy and 1.5–1.8 mm (0.059–0.071 in) long. Flowering occurs in October and the fruit is a follicle that is not constricted between the seeds.[2]
Taxonomy
editDillwynia laxiflora was first described in 1837 by George Bentham in Charles von Hügel's Botanisches Archiv der Gartenbaugesellschaft der Ossterreichischen Kaiserstaates.[3][4] The specific epithet (laxiflora) means "wide or open-flowered".[5]
Distribution and habitat
editThis dillwynia grows in sandy or gravelly soils on hillcrests in the south-west of Western Australia.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Dillwynia laxiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Dillwynia laxiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Dillwynia laxiflora". APNI. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Hugel, Charles (ed.) (1837). "Dillwynia laxiflora". Botanisches Archiv der Gartenbaugesellschaft der Ossterreichischen Kaiserstaates. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
{{cite journal}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 236. ISBN 9780958034180.