Daviesia articulata

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Daviesia articulata
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Near Ravensthorpe
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Daviesia
Species:
D. articulata
Binomial name
Daviesia articulata

Daviesia articulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rigid, low-lying or erect shrub with scattered, tapering, cylindrical and sharply pointed phyllodes, and yellow and red flowers.

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Description

Daviesia articulata is a rigid, low-lying or erect shrub that typically grows up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and 2 m (6 ft 7 in) wide. Its leaves are reduced to scattered, tapering cylindrical, sharply-pointed phyllodes, 3–40 mm (0.12–1.57 in) long and about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to five in leaf axils on a peduncle about 1 mm (0.039 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 0.5–3 mm (0.020–0.118 in) long with oblong or spatula-shaped bracts at the base. The sepals are 2.5–4.0 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long, the two upper joined in a broad "lip" and the lower three smaller and triangular. The standard petal is curved backwards, yellow with a red base and bright yellow centre and about 7 mm (0.28 in) long, the wings red with yellow tips and about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long and the keel dark red and about 5 mm (0.20 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is a flattened triangular pod 8–11 mm (0.31–0.43 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Daviesia articulata was first formally described in 1995 by Michael Crisp in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected east of Ravensthorpe in 1979. [3] [4] The specific epithet (articulata) means "jointed", referring to the base of the phyllode. [5]

Distribution and habitat

This species of pea mainly grows in woodland or mallee in the area between Kellerberrin, Kojonup, the Stirling Range and Salmon Gums in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions in the south-west of Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Daviesia articulata is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. "Daviesia articulata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Daviesia articulata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. 1 2 3 Crisp, Michael D.; Cayzer, Lindy; Chandler, Gregory T.; Cook, Lyn G. (2017). "A monograph of Daviesia (Mirbelieae, Faboideae, Fabaceae)". Phytotaxa. 300 (1): 175–177. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.300.1.1 .
  4. "Daviesia articulata". APNI. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 138. ISBN   9780958034180.