Daviesia microphylla Benth.

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 1.5-8.5 mm long, 1-2 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, 3-4 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 2.5-2.7 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribbed; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 7-8 mm long, multicoloured, mostly red or orange, with some red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6.5-7 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6-7 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5.6-6 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4.5-6.5 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, glabrous; style 6-6.5 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 11-15 mm long, 6-7 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in June, July, August and September. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest IBRA regions.