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Dillwynia tenuifolia

Dillwynia tenuifolia
Photo: Rose Quartz (Cheryl McDonnell?), CC BY 3.0

Dillwynia tenuifolia is a small erect Australian shrub with thin linear leaves and orange-yellow and red pea flowers, native to forest in eastern New South Wales. It is grown mainly for its flowers and needs well-drained soil and full sun.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, acidic soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost once established
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Dillwynia tenuifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with linear leaves, and orange-yellow and red flowers.

Where it grows

This dillwynia grows in forest between the Cumberland Plain, Blue Mountains and Howes Valley on the coast and 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 · Dillwynia glaucula · Downy Parrot Pea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dillwynia tenuifolia 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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