Daviesia intricata subsp. xiphophylla Crisp

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, continuous with stem, 10-35 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 2-3 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribbed; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 5.6-6 mm long, multicoloured, mostly red or brown, with some red or brown spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 4.5-5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 3.5-4.4 mm long, not auriculate, keel 4-4.5 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.1-0.2 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 3.5-4.5 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, glabrous; style 4.6-5.5 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, beaked. Flowers in May. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee IBRA regions.