Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Phyllota phylicoides

Flowering branch. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Pods and leaves. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park, Sydney

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Peter Ollerenshaw, Penrose State Forest near Bundanoon

Common name

Heath phyllota

Family

Fabaceae

Where found

Dry forest and heath. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands, north of the Kings Highway. Occasional elsewhere.

Notes

Shrub to 1 m tall, young growth hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.6-1.5 cm long, to 1.25 mm wide, tips blunt to pointed, margins rolled down. Flowers 5-12 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, yellow to orange with or without reddish markings. Flowers crowded in leafy spikes. Flowers Spring.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Phyllota~phylicoides  (accessed 22 January, 2021)