Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Dillwynia retorta

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Bomaderry Creek Regional Park near Nowra

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Kuringai Wildflower Garden, Sydney

Pods and leaves. Photographer John Tann, Paruna Reserve near Sydney

Shrub. Photographer John Tann, Heathcote National Park south of Sydney

Common name

Heathy parrot-pea

Family

Fabaceae

Where found

Dry forest, woodland, and heath. Coast and ranges north from the Budawang Range.

Notes

Shrub to 3 m tall. Stems covered in soft hairs. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.4-1.2 cm long, linear to narrow, usually spirally twisted, tips pointed and often curved, surfaces smooth or covered with minute warts, and hairless.  Standard petal 5-12 mm long. Calyx hairless. Flowers pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, yellow to orange with red markings, in clusters of 1-9 flowers. Short to long flower stalks. Flowers most of the year.

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~retorta (accessed 9 January, 2021)