Dillwynia phylicoides
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|name = Small-leaf parrot-pea
|image = Dillwynia phylicoides leaves and flower.jpg
|image_caption = Dillwynia phylicoides in Cathedral Rock National Park
|genus = Dillwynia
|species = phylicoides
|authority = A.Cunn.{{cite web|title=Dillwynia phylicoides|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/106190|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=9 June 2021}}
|synonyms = {{Collapsible list|
- Dillwynia ericifolia var. phylicoides (A.Cunn.) Benth.
- Dillwynia phylicoides var. leiocalyx Blakely
- Dillwynia phylicoides A.Cunn. var. phylicoides
- Dillwynia retorta subsp. 'B'
- Dillwynia retorta subsp. 'E'
- Dillwynia retorta var. phylicoides (A.Cunn.) Joy Thomps.
- Dillwynia speciosa Paxton nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Dillwynia speciosa Paxton
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Dillwynia phylicoides, commonly known as small-leaf parrot-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect to open shrub with twisted, linear to narrow oblong leaves, and yellow and red flowers.
Description
Dillwynia phylicoides is an erect to open shrub that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|1.5|m}} and has stiff, spreading hairs on the stems. The leaves are twisted, linear to narrow oblong, {{cvt|3–8|mm}} long, about {{cvt|0.5|mm}} wide on a petiole {{cvt|0.2–0.5|mm}} long. The flowers are arranged singly or in clusters of up to eight in leaf axils near the ends of branchlets on a pedicel {{cvt|1–2|mm}} long with bracts and bracteoles {{cvt|1–2|mm}} long. The sepals are {{cvt|4–6|mm}} long with stiff hairs on the outside and the standard petal is {{cvt|7–12|mm}} long and yellow with red veins. The wings are yellow and red and shorter than the standard, and the keel is orange to purplish-brown. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is an oval pod {{cvt|4–7|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Jeanes |first1=Jeff A. |title=Dillwynia phylicoides |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/51d1d40a-3421-46e5-a91e-16367c7e97c1 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=9 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Dillwynia phylicoides |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dillwynia~phylicoides |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=9 June 2021}}
Taxonomy
Dillwynia phylicoides was formally described in 1825 by botanist Allan Cunningham in Barron Field's Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales based on plant material he collected from hills near Bathurst.{{cite web|title=Dillwynia phylicoides|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/536056 |publisher=APNI|access-date= 9 June 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Cunningham |first1=Allan |editor-last1=Field |editor-first1=Barron |title=Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales |date=1825 |publisher=John Murray |location=London |page=347 |url=https://archive.org/details/geographicalmem00fielgoog/page/n382/mode/2up |access-date=9 June 2021}} The specific epithet (phylicoides) means "Phylica-like".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=276 |edition=3rd}}