Dillwynia

Location & distribution maps

Common name:         Egg and Bacon Peas

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• The name Dillwynia honours Lewis Weston Dillwyn "whose scientific labours respecting the genus Conferva, as well as his knowledge in other abstruse parts of botany, merit such a memorial"

Flowers

• The flowers are yellow or red and yellow and usually arranged singly or in small groups in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets

• The upper two of five sepal lobes are joined in a single "lip", the standard petal is broader than long, and the keel is no longer than the wings

• The stamens are free from each other, the ovary is on a short stalk 

Fruit:                            

• A more or less sessile pod

Leaves:         

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Plants in the genus Dillwynia are shrubs with simple leaves that are linear, needle-shaped leaves with a groove along the upper surface or triangular in cross-section

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

• Species of Dillwynia occur in all Australian states and the Australian Capital Territory, but not the Northern Territory

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The genus Dillwynia was first formally described in 1805 by James Edward Smith in Annals of Botany

• Species list

  • The following is a list of Dillwynia species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of May 2021 and Plants of the World Online as of August 2023:

    • Dillwynia acerosa S.Moore (W.A.)

    • Dillwynia acicularis DC. (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia brunioides Meisn. – sandstone parrot-pea (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia cinerascens R.Br. — grey parrot-pea (S.A., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.)

    • Dillwynia crispii Jobson & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia dillwynioides (Meisn.) Druce (W.A.)

    • Dillwynia divaricata (Turcz.) Benth. (W.A.)

    • Dillwynia elegans Endl. (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia floribunda Sm. (Qld., N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia glaberrima Sm. — smooth parrot-pea (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.)

    • Dillwynia glaucula Jobson & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia hispida Lindl. – red parrot-pea (S.A., N.S.W., Vic.)

    • Dillwynia juniperina Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. – prickly parrotpea (N.S.W., Vic.)

    • Dillwynia laxiflora Benth. (W.A.)

    • Dillwynia oreodoxa Blakeley – Grampians parrot-pea (Vic.)

    • Dillwynia palustris Jobson & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia parvifolia R.Br. ex Sims (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia phylicoides A.Cunn. – small-leaf parrot-pea (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.)

    • Dillwynia prostrata Blakeley — matted parrot-pea (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.)

    • Dillwynia pungens (Sweet) J.B.Mackay ex Benth. (W.A.)

    • Dillwynia ramosissima Benth. – bushy parrot-pea (N.S.W., Vic.)

    • Dillwynia retorta (J.C.Wendl.) Druce (Qld., N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia rupestris Jobson & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia sericea A.Cunn. — showy parrot-pea (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.)

    • Dillwynia sericea subsp. glabriflora (Blakely) Jobson & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia sericea subsp. rudis (Sieber ex DC.) Jobson & P.H.Weston (synonym Dillwynia rudis) (N.S.W., S.A., Tas., Vic.)

    • Dillwynia sericea subsp. sericea (N.S.W., Qld., S.A., Tas., Vic.

    • Dillwynia sieberi Steud. – Sieber's parrot-pea (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.)

    • Dillwynia sparsifolia (F.Muell.) Jobson & P.H.Weston (S.A.)

    • Dillwynia stipulifera Blakeley (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia tenuifolia DC. (N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia trichopoda (Blakely) Jobson & P.H.Weston (Qld., N.S.W.)

    • Dillwynia uncinata (Turcz.) J.M.Black – silky parrot-pea (W.A., S.A., Vic.)

Sources of information:

•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillwynia (2024)