Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Dillwynia prostrata

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Tuross River crossing, Two River Plain east of Cooma

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Carpet. Photographer Jackie Miles, Kosciuszko National Park

Common name

Matted parrot-pea

Family

Fabaceae

Where found

Woodland, heath, and grassy areas. Kosciuszko National Park and ACT. Tablelands and ranges south of the Hume Highway.

Notes

Prostrate or mat-forming shrub, rooting at the nodes. Stems hairy. Leaves alternating along the stems, 0.2-0.5 cm long, about 0.5 mm wide, linear to spoon-shaped, tips blunt or pointed, surfaces smooth, hairless, or hairy near the leaf tips. Flowers pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, Standard petal yellow to orange, occasionally pink, with red markings, 7-10 mm long, keel dark red. Calyx tapering gradually towards the base. Flowers in clusters of 1-4. Flowers Spring to Autumn.

In all species of Dillwynia, the standard petal is much broader than long.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

Vulnerable Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dillwynia~prostrata (accessed 12 January, 2021)