Scientific Name: Dillwynia glaberrima

Common Name: smooth parrotpea

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Fabaceae

Form Description: Shrub with slender arching branches.

Height (m): 1 – 1.2

Flowers: Bright yellow pea flowers with red markings, flowers arranged in short terminal heads.

Fruit: Seed pod – short, rounded, turn brittle at maturity. Each pod contains only one or two seeds which become hard and turn from green to dark brown when mature.

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Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Widespread and frequent in wet heaths both coastal and inland.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

General Notes

In cultivation requires good drainage, preferably a sandy soil, mulching and about half shade. Susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Pods can be picked close to maturity and stored in a warm area.

Seed Treatment Method

Hot Water Hot water is used to soften the hard seed case of some species. This replicates the weathering process. Pour hot (not boiling) water over the seeds and allow them to soak for 4-12 hours.

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed extraction can be difficult although leaving seeds attached to the branch appears to aid opening. Pods that do not open will need to be crushed. Seed should be soaked in hot water (just off the boil) for a few hours. It should then be dried before sowing, or seed may be nicked .