Appearance
''Dillwynia retorta'' is a small, upright shrub to 3 m high, with stems covered in short, erect, soft hairs or soft, weak, thin, separated hairs. The leaves are narrowly oblong to linear, about 4–12 mm long, spirally twisted, needle-like, smooth or minutely warty, tapering at the apex and sometimes curved.The inflorescence are in terminal clusters in leaf axils of up to 9 flowers on a peduncle 0–2 cm long. The bracts are mostly below the flowers, 1–2 mm long, calyx 3–6 mm long, smooth externally or often with tiny hairs. The larger, broader, yellow petal at the back of the flower is 5–12 mm long, the centre a reddish colour. The smooth seed pod 4–7 mm long. Flowering occurs from June to November.
Distribution
''Dillwynia retorta'' grows in heath and forest from south-east Queensland to the Budawang Range in southern New South Wales.References:
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