Daviesia decipiens (E.Pritz.) Crisp

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, alternate, continuous with stem, 9-20 mm long, 1-5 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, hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 2.5-3.5 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribbed; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 5.5-7 mm long, multicoloured, orange, mostly red, orange or brown, with some red, orange or brown spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 5-6 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 4-5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 4-5.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 4 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4.5-5 mm long. Ovary glabrous; style 5-6 mm long glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 9-10 mm long, 10-12 mm wide, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in July. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.