Red Parrot-pea - native (Dillwynia hispida)

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family).

Native of Australia.

Red Parrot-pea is uncommon. Most local records are from the Maldon district.

Identify by:

• the reddish flowers with a broad standard
• the long stalked flowers which rise from the ends of branches
• the short cylindrical leaves which are not spirally twisted
• the short stiff hairs on the leaf tips and flower stalks.

Dillwynia: after L. J. Dillwyn, a Welsh botanist; hispida: rough with short stiff hairs.

Photos 1: Dalmation Track, Moliagul. 2, 3: Smiths Reef.