Dillwynia tenuifolia DC. APNI*
Description: Erect shrub 0.6–1 m high; stems with short, curved, erect or ascending hairs.
Leaves linear, sometimes broader at apex, 4–12 mm long, apex obtuse to shortly acuminate and often recurved, glabrous or hairy near apex, smooth or occasionally minutely tuberculate.
Inflorescences 1- or rarely 2-flowered, terminal or in the upper axils; peduncle < 3 mm long; bracts < 1 mm long; bracteoles c. 1 mm long. Calyx 4–5 mm long, mostly glabrous. Standard 7–10 mm long.
Pod 4–5 mm long; seeds reticulate.
Distribution and occurrence: in dry sclerophyll woodland on sandstone, shale or laterite; from Cumberland Plain, Blue Mtns to Howes Valley area.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, CT, ST
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable
Text by P.H. Weston & P.C. Jobson Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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