Dillwynia elegans

Dillwynia elegans

"Dillwynia elegans" is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with more or less cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.
Splash of yellow on a wintry day!  Australia,Dillwynia elegans,Geotagged,Winter

Appearance

"Dillwynia elegans" is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–2.0 m and has stems that are hairy when young but become glabrous later. The leaves are crowded, linear, more or less cylindrical with a longitudinal groove and 5–22 mm long. The flowers are arranged in pairs in leaf axils, in clusters near the ends of branches. The flowers are on peduncles with egg-shaped to lance-shaped bracts 1–2 mm long and shorter bracteoles. The flowers are yellow with red markings, the sepals 4–7 mm long and the standard petal 4–7 mm long but much broader.
Pea - Dillwynia Elegans  Australia,Dillwynia elegans,Geotagged,Spring

Distribution

This dillwynia grows on rocky, sandy ridges in heath and forest from Port Jackson to near Rylstone.
Dillwynia elegans. Under normal climatic conditions this plant would be blooming perfusly in spring , but due to the drought conditions it only just now has the odd flower showing and Sommer is almost  over. Australia,Dillwynia elegans,Geotagged,Summer

Habitat

This dillwynia grows on rocky, sandy ridges in heath and forest from Port Jackson to near Rylstone.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderFabales
FamilyFabaceae
GenusDillwynia
SpeciesD. elegans
Photographed in
Australia