Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Dillwynia tenuifolia
Common name
A parrot-pea
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Woodland, shrubland, and heath. Coast and ranges north from west of Jervis Bay. One site on the tablelands north of Michelago.
Notes
Shrub to 1 m tall. Stems hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.4-1.2 cm long, linear, sometimes broad near the tips, tips blunt to pointed, often curved, surfaces hairless or hairy near the tips, and smooth or occasionally covered with minute warts. Standard petal 7-10 mm long. Flowers pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, orange to yellow with red markings. Calyx tapering gradually towards the base. Flowers single or paired, at the ends of the stems or at the base of the upper leaves.
In all species of Dillwynia, the standard petal is much broader than long.
Vulnerable NSW. Provisions of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.
NSW Threatened Species profile: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10226 (accessed 5 January 2021)
Endangered population in the Baulkham Hills local government area.
NSW Threatened Population profile: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10224 (accessed 5 January 2021)
Endangered population, Kemps Creek
NSW Threatened Population profile: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10225 (accessed 5 January 2021)
PlantNET description with photos: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dillwynia~tenuifolia (accessed 5 January 2021)
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