Daviesia obovata Turcz.

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, 40-105 mm long, 10-50 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, 1.5-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 8-9 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10-12 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or black, with some yellow or black spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 10-12 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 9-9.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 7.5-8 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.3-0.6 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 6-7 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, glabrous; style 7 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 15-20 mm long, 8-12 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA regions. Conservation Code Threatened (T).