Platylobium parviflorum Sm. APNI* Synonyms: Platylobium formosum subsp. parviflorum (Sm.) A.T.Lee APNI*
Description: Erect shrub to c. 2 m high.
Leaves narrow ovate, narrow elliptic or lanceolate 2–6.5 cm long, 1–3 cm wide; base cuneate to broadly rounded.
Inflorescences 1–3 per axil. Inflorescence scales 8–12, glabrous, or sparsely hairy; bracts 2.5–3.5 mm long; bracteoles 2.5–6 mm long; pedicles 5–15(-20) mm long. Calyx 5–7 mm long, with scattered appressed hairs. Standsard petal 10–12 mm long, 15 mm wide, mostly orange-yellow with back of standard purple-brown with narrow to broad yellow bands; wings yellow; keel purplish.
Pods oblong, 15–30 mm long, on stipes 4–12 mm long, hairy on sutures, and either glabrous, hairy or over, or hairs only on zone overlaying the seeds.
Flowering: Flowers spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Chiefly on coastal areas south from Coffs Harbour to the Victorian border, and inland to the upper Blue Mountains. Grows in open forest.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas.
Leaves of plants in the Mount Imlay region (SC) are often more narrow than typically seen.
Text by Updated by Peter Jobson, Feb 2023.
Taxon concept:
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