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Dillwynia glaucula

Dillwynia glaucula
Photo: Jackie Miles, CC BY 3.0 au

Dillwynia glaucula, known as Michelago parrot-pea, is a small erect shrub from woodland on the Southern Tablelands of south-eastern New South Wales, grown mainly as a native garden plant. It needs full sun, good drainage and little summer watering once established.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water lightly while establishing, then rely mostly on rainfall; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, lean or sandy soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Tolerates cool winters and hot summers typical of the Southern Tablelands; frost hardy, protect young plants from severe frost and heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Dillwynia glaucula, commonly known as Michelago parrot-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with lenticels on the stems, linear, grooved leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.

Where it grows

This dillwynia grows in woodland near Windellama, Michelago and Numeralla on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales.

Other Dillwynia plants

Dillwynia acerosa · Dillwynia acicularis · Dillwynia brunioides · Grey Parrot Pea · Dillwynia crispii · Dillwynia dillwynioides · Dillwynia divaricata · Dillwynia elegans · Eggs And Bacon · Smooth Parrot Pea · Downy Parrot Pea · Prickly Parrot Pea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dillwynia glaucula by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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