Dillwynia retorta

Dillwynia retorta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Dillwynia
Species:	D. retorta
Binomial name
	Dillwynia retorta; (J.C.Wendl.) Druce

Dillwynia retorta is the name given to a shrub in the pea family. They grow to about 3m high. The leaves (about 4-12mm long) are spirally twisted, giving them needle-like shape. Like many other Dillwynia species, this one has yellow flowers with red centres (commonly called "egg-and-bacon").

They grow in New South Wales and Queensland.

It is a host plant for the jewel beetle species Ethonion jessicae.^[1]

References

^ Bellamy, C. L. (2002). Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-06900-3.

P.H. Weston & P.C. Jobson. "New South Wales Flora Online: Dillwynia retorta". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.

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[1] Bellamy, C. L. (2002). Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-06900-3.

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