About Dillwynia cinerascens R.Br.
Dillwynia cinerascens is a low-lying to erect, heath-like shrub that reaches 0.3 to 1.5 meters (1 foot 0 inch to 4 feet 11 inches) in height, with flattened hairs pressed against its stems. Its leaves are linear to thread-like, between 5 and 20 mm (0.20 to 0.79 inches) long and 0.3 to 0.5 mm (0.012 to 0.020 inches) wide, and may sometimes bear a small number of white hairs. Most flowers of this species are orange or yellow, arranged in short racemes or corymbs that usually grow on the ends of branchlets. Each flower is either sessile or borne on a short peduncle. It has hairy bracts around 1 mm (0.039 inches) long, and sepals around 4 mm (0.16 inches) long. The standard petal measures 5 to 8 mm (0.20 to 0.31 inches) long; the wing petals are shorter than the standard, and the keel is the shortest of the three. Flowering takes place from September to December. The fruit is an egg-shaped pod 3 to 5 mm (0.12 to 0.20 inches) long and 1.5 mm (0.059 inches) wide, which holds smooth seeds. This plant, commonly called grey parrot-pea, grows in dry forest and woodland. It is widespread in Victoria, and also occurs in New South Wales south from near Bathurst, in Tasmania, and in the far south-east of South Australia.
