Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Dillwynia elegans
Common name
A parrot-pea
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Dry forest and heath, from Port Jackson to east of Rylstone.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m high. Stems hairy with short hairs, lying flat against the stems, especially when young, becoming hairless with age. Leaves usually crowded, 0.5–2.2 cm long, linear,roundor almostroundin cross section, surfaces smooth or sparsely hairy with wart-based hairs, tips with a short, narrow, often curved, point. Flowers yellow with red markings, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel. Standard petal 4-7 mm long. Calyx 4–7 mm long, tapering gradually towards the base. Flowers usually paired, in elongated clusters.
In all species of Dillwynia, the standard petal is much broader than long.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dillwynia~elegans (accessed 9 January, 2021)
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