Red Parrot-pea: Measured

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Legumes (Fabales)

Family:

Legume (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Red Parrot-pea (Dillwynia hispida)

This Photo:

🔍Measured🔎

Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
Small bushes, or sub-shrubs. Flowers are not always red, can be just yellow.
Alan said "Terminal flowers on a long stalk." This is a great help to separate these from other legumes; as the flowers generally look very, very similar.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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