Appearance
"Dillwynia hispida" is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 60 cm and has more or less glabrous stems. The leaves are linear to thread-like with the edges turned downwards, mostly 3–10 mm long and usually covered with stiff hairs. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to nine on the ends of branchlets on a peduncle up to 40 mm long, each flower on a pedicel 0.5–3 mm long with bracts and bracteoles 1–3 mm long. The sepals are 5–8 mm long and usually hairy on the outside. The standard petal is 7–12 mm long, orange and red and the keel usually protrudes from the red to crimson wings. The fruit is an oval to more or less spherical pod about 4 mm long.
Distribution
This dillwynia mainly grows in heath, woodland, forest and mallee scrubland in western Victoria, southern inland New South, and south-eastern South Australia.
Habitat
This dillwynia mainly grows in heath, woodland, forest and mallee scrubland in western Victoria, southern inland New South, and south-eastern South Australia.References:
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