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Downy Parrot Pea

Dillwynia hispida

Also called Red Parrot Pea

Downy Parrot Pea
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Dillwynia hispida , commonly known as red parrot-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less glabrous stems, linear to thread-like leaves and orange and red, partly crimson flowers.

Where it grows

This dillwynia mainly grows in heath, woodland, forest and mallee scrubland in western Victoria, southern inland New South, and south-eastern South Australia.

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 · Dillwynia glaucula · Prickly Parrot Pea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dillwynia hispida 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.

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