Daviesia hakeoides Meisn. subsp. hakeoides

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, spiny at least in part, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades absent or apparently so (reduced to scales), simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 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 3.4-4 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 7-8 mm long, multicoloured, red, mostly yellow or orange, with some yellow or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6-7 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6-6.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5.5-6 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.2-0.3 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 5.5-6 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, glabrous; style 5-6 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 10-20 mm long, 9-10 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in May, June and July. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.