Dillwynia elegans, also known as parrot-pea or eggs and bacon, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with more or less cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dillwynia elegans being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dillwynia glaberrima
- Dillwynia oreodoxa
- Dillwynia retorta
- Dillwynia floribunda
- Dillwynia laxiflora
- Dillwynia cinerascens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Dillwynia
- Species
- Dillwynia elegans
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