Dillwynia retorta, commonly known as eggs and bacon, is a species of flowering plant shrub in the family Fabaceae and grows in New South Wales and Queensland. It is usually an erect shrub with thin, smooth, crowded leaves and yellow flowers with red markings.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Heathy parrot pea 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 trichopoda
- Dillwynia elegans
- Dillwynia sieberi
- Dillwynia oreodoxa
- Dillwynia tenuifolia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Dillwynia
- Species
- Dillwynia retorta
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