Photograph: I. Brown Dillwynia cinerascens is commonly known
as Grey Parrot Pea.
This is another plant from that group loosley referred to as 'Egg and Bacon' due to its striking colouration.
Like other peas, the flower has the reproductive organs concealed in a keel made up of the two lower petals. The pollen-bearing structures are exposed and touch the underside of the pollinating insect when it lands on the flower. In this particular species the showiness is enhanced by many individual flowers crowding tips of branches. Native bees are presumes pollinators but have not been observed frequently on the bloomong bushes.
Pollen images
light microscopy
electron microscopy
This is another plant from that group loosley referred to as 'Egg and Bacon' due to its striking colouration.
Like other peas, the flower has the reproductive organs concealed in a keel made up of the two lower petals. The pollen-bearing structures are exposed and touch the underside of the pollinating insect when it lands on the flower. In this particular species the showiness is enhanced by many individual flowers crowding tips of branches. Native bees are presumes pollinators but have not been observed frequently on the bloomong bushes.
Pollen images
light microscopy
electron microscopy