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Dillwynia elegans, also known as parrot-pea or eggs and bacon, 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.
Dillwynias are not often grown in cultivation. They can be propagated from scarified seed and grown in partially shaded to sunny areas where they produce vibrant yellow flowers. Germination occurs 3-4 weeks after the seeds have been planted. Most species will tolerate heavy pruning. The flowering time is between spring and mid-winter.
The native range of D. elegans is from Port Jackson to areas east of Rylstone, where it grows in rocky sandstone hills in heath to dry sclerophyll forest.
Dillwynia acerosa · Dillwynia acicularis · Dillwynia brunioides · Grey Parrot Pea · Dillwynia crispii · Dillwynia dillwynioides · Dillwynia divaricata · Eggs And Bacon · Smooth Parrot Pea · Dillwynia glaucula · Downy Parrot Pea · Prickly Parrot Pea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dillwynia elegans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
