Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Phyllota grandiflora
Common name
Heath phyllota
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Dry forest and heath on sandstone. Coast and ranges north of Wollongong.
Notes
Shrub to about 1 m high, young growth hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems or scattered, 0.6–2 cm long, 1.0–2.25 mm wide, tips blunt or pointed, margins rolled down. Flowers 10-15 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel. Standard petal yellow with more or less reddish markings; keel often with greenish markings. Flowers numerous in dense, leafy spikes towards ends of the branches. Flowers summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Phyllota~grandiflora (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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