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Daviesia glossosema Crisp

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 8:1194,Fig.15 (1995)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Intricate shrub, ca 0.5 m high. Fl. red-brown, Nov. Gravelly sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 June 1996
Image

Scientific Description

Genus Daviesia. Form erect. Habit shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems Indumentum glabrous, Pustules or glands absent, Striation (stems ribbed) striate, Cross section terete, Spiny on any part of plant not spiny. Leaves or phylloclades Presence clearly present, Position alternate, Leaves simple, Leaves or phylloclade continuous with stem not continuous with stem, Cross section of leaf or leaflet terete (?), flat with flat margins (?), flat with recurved margins (?), flat with incurved margins (conduplicate) (?), strongly recurved, appearing terete but with one or two grooves below (?), strongly incurved, appearing terete but grooved above (?) or revolute (?), Margins of leaf or leaflet entire (?), lobed (?) or dentate (?), Tuberculate tubercles absent, Pustules or glands absent. Length Leaf length 8-55. Width (entire leaves only) Leaf width 1.5-2. Scale leaves length mm long NaN (?). Indumentum Presence glabrous. Stipules Presence apparently absent even from the youngest leaves, Glands with glands (?) or without glands (?), Ribs ribbed (?) or ribless (?). Length Stipule length NaN (?). Bracteoles Presence absent, Indumentum hairy (?) or glabrous (?), Striation striate (?) or not striate (?). Length Bracteole length NaN (?). Pedicel Presence present (?) or absent (flowers sessile) (?), Indumentum hairy (?) or glabrous (?). Length Pedicel length NaN (?). Calyx Pustules or glands present (?) or absent (?), Ribs ribbed (?) or ribless (?), Enlarged in fruit accrescent (enlarged in fruit) (?) or not accrescent (?). Length Calyx length NaN (?). Indumentum Presence hairy (?) or glabrous (?), Type with simple hairs (?) or with glandular hairs (?). Corolla Colour patterning uniformly coloured (?) or multicoloured (?), Colour (when uniformly coloured) yellow (?), pink (?), purple (?), white (?), mauve (?), blue (?), green (?), red (?) or orange (?), Colour (when multicoloured - choose one colour) yellow (?), pink (?), red (?), orange (?), green (?), brown (?), black (?), purple (?), white (?), blue (?) or cream (?), Colour (when multicoloured - choose a second colour) yellow (?), pink (?), red (?), orange (?), green (?), brown (?), black (?), purple (?), white (?), blue (?) or cream, Petal claws ( the narrow base of the petals present (?) or absent (?). Length Corolla length NaN (?). Indumentum Presence absent (?) or present (?). Standard Indumentum hairy at least in part (?) or glabrous (?), Auricles auriculate (?) or not auriculate (?). Length Standard length NaN (?). Wings Auricles auriculate (?) or not auriculate (?). Length Wing length NaN (?). Keel Auricles auriculate (?) or not auriculate (?), Indumentum hairy at least in part (?) or glabrous (?), Beak beaked (?) or not beaked (?). Length Keel length NaN (?). Stamens Number ten. Anthers anther length NaN (?), Position all at the same level (filaments all the same loength) (?) or at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short) (?). Filaments Fusion free (or united at the very base). Length Filament length NaN (?). Ovary Placement stipitate (?) or sessile or subsessile (?). Indumentum Presence hairy or glandular (?) or glabrous (?). Style Indumentum hairy or glandular towards the base (?) or glabrous (?), Bearded ( with a tuft of hairs at apex ) bearded (with a tuft of hairs at apex) (?) or not bearded (?), Apex terete (?) or flattened at apex (?). Length Style length NaN (?). Fruit Type dehiscent (a pod or follicle), Constriction not constricted between the seeds, Compression flat or compressed, Placement stipitate (?) or sessile or subsessile (?), Beak beaked. Length Fruit length 18-25. Width Fruit width 14-20. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Flowering time November. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Esperance. Conservation Code Threatened (T).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 17 April 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.