''Daviesia triflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
and is
endemic to
South West
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Australia. It is a
rush
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-like, leafless shrub with many stems, and orange-yellow and dark flowers.
Description
''Daviesia triflora'' is a rush-like shrub that typically grows to a height of up to and has many stems, its phyllodes reduced to small scales. The flowers are usually arranged in a cluster of three 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
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about long, the about
rachis long, each flower on a
pedicel
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...
long. The
sepals are long and joined to form a bell-shaped base with five lobes. The upper two lobes are joined for most of their length and the lower three are about long. The
standard petal is broadly egg-shaped, long and wide, and yellow or yellow-orange and dark red. The
wings are long and dark red, the
keel long and dark red. Flowering occurs from May 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
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* "-pod", a suffix meaning "foot" used in taxonomy
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long.
Taxonomy
''Daviesia triflora'' was first formally described in 1984 by
Michael Crisp from specimens collected b
Charles Chapmannear the junction of the
Green Head road and the
Brand Highway in 1976.
The
specific epithet
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(''triflora'') means "three-flowered".
Distribution and habitat
This daviesia usually grows on sandy soil in heath or open forest and occurs from near
Mullewa to
Perth in the
Avon Wheatbelt,
Geraldton Sandplains,
Jarrah Forest and
Swan Coastal Plain
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bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
''Daviesia triflora'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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.
References
External links
''Daviesia triflora'' occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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triflora
Rosids of Western Australia
Plants described in 1984
Taxa named by Michael Crisp