Английская Википедия:Chorizema parviflorum
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Chorizema parviflorum, commonly known as eastern flame pea,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves and yellow and reddish flowers arranged in racemes on the ends of branches.
Description
Chorizema parviflorum is an erect or ascending shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt, its branches more or less glabrous. The leaves are linear to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide but often variable in size. The edges of the leaves curve downwards, the tip of the leaves is sharply pointed, and the lower surface is softly-hairy. The flowers are arranged in racemes on the ends of branches with narrowly lance-shaped bracts and bracteoles at the base. The sepals are Шаблон:Cvt long and the petals Шаблон:Cvt long and yellow with a reddish centre. Flowering occurs in spring and the fruit is a broadly oval pod Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]
Taxonomy
This chorizema was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham in Commentationes de Leguminosarum Generibus from specimens collected by Ferdinand Bauer .[3][4] The specific epithet (parviflorum) means "small-leaved".[2]
Distribution and habitat
Chorizema parviflorum mostly grows in woodland, heath or forest and is widespread but not common from south-east Queensland to the coast of New South Wales as far south as the Sydney region.[1][2]
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