''Daviesia flexuosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
and is
endemic to the south-west coast of Western Australia. It is a
glabrous, spreading shrub with zig-zagged branchlets, scattered, sharply-pointed, narrowly triangular
phyllode
Phyllodes are modified petioles or leaf stems, which are leaf-like in appearance and function. In some plants, these become flattened and widened, while the leaf itself becomes reduced or vanishes altogether. Thus the phyllode comes to serve the ...
s and yellow and red flowers.
Description
''Daviesia flexuosa'' is a glabrous, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to and has zig-zagged branchlets with a phyllode at each bend. The phyllodes are sharply pointed, long and wide at the base. The flowers are arranged in groups of two to four in leaf axils on a
peduncle Peduncle may refer to:
*Peduncle (botany), a stalk supporting an inflorescence, which is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed
*Peduncle (anatomy), a stem, through which a mass of tissue is attached to a body
**Peduncle (art ...
long, the
rachis up to , each flower on a
pedicel
Pedicle or pedicel may refer to:
Human anatomy
*Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures
...
long with oblong
bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...
s about long. The
sepals are long and joined at the base, the upper two lobes joined for most of their length, the lower three about long and triangular. The
standard petal is broadly egg-shaped, long, wide and yellow with a broad red base, the
wings long and red, and the
keel long and red. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is a flattened triangular
pod
Pod or POD may refer to:
Biology
* Pod (fruit), a type of fruit of a flowering plant
* Husk or pod of a legume
* Pod of whales or other marine mammals
* "-pod", a suffix meaning "foot" used in taxonomy
Electronics and computing
* Proper ort ...
long.
Taxonomy
''Daviesia flexuosa'' was first formally described in 1837 by
George Bentham in
Stephan Endlicher
Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botanical Garden of Vienna.
Bio ...
's ''
Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel''.
The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
(''flexuosa'') means "zig-zag", referring to the stem.
Distribution and habitat
This species of pea grows in open forest and heathland, near the coast of southern Western Australia between
Cape Naturaliste and
Mount Manypeaks
Mount Manypeaks is a distinctive peak located approximately north-east of Albany, north-east of Two Peoples Bay and south-east of the town of Manypeaks, in Western Australia. Mount Manypeaks Nature Reserve lies to the south of the peak, e ...
..
Conservation status
''Daviesia flexuosa'' is listed as "not threatened" by the
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) is the Western Australian government
The Government of Western Australia, formally referred to as His Majesty's Government of Western Australia, is the Australian state de ...
.
References
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flexuosa
Flora of Western Australia
Taxa named by George Bentham
Plants described in 1837