Dillwynia glaberrima Sm.

Smooth Parrot Pea

Erect shrub 1-2 m tall. Leaves linear, 0.5-2 cm long, tip shortly pointed and bent back. Flowers terminal, flat-topped, 1-4 flowers together, yellow and red. Standard about 1 cm long, twice as wide as long; spring. Fruit pod 4-6 mm long.

SA, E Australia.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Fabaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Fabales
family       Fabaceae
genus        Dillwynia Sm.