Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Zornia dyctiocarpa var. dyctiocarpa

Flowering stems. Photographer MelitaMilner, Jerrabomberra, ACT

Flowering plant. Photographer Don Wood, north of Bega

Pod and leaves. Photographer Tony Rodd, Lake Illawarra

Common name

Zornia

Family

Fabaceae

Where found

Open forest, woodland, and grassy sites. Coast, ranges, tablelands, and ACT. Rare elsewhere.

Notes

Perennial herb, to 0.3 m tall, or prostrate to sprawling, hairless or sparsely hairy, and more or less gland-dotted. Leaves alternating along the stems, compound, with 2 leaflets, each 0.8-3 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, the lower leaflets more or less oval, the upper leaflets lance head shaped to linear. Flowers 5-12 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, yellow to orange with dark red blotches. Flowers Summer to Autumn.

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

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Zornia~dyctiocarpa+var.~dyctiocarpa (accessed 8 February, 2021)