Daviesia striata Turcz.

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems flattened, spiny at least in part, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 8-15 mm long, 2-9 mm wide, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 3.5-6 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 2.5-4.8 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 6.4-8.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or brown, with some yellow, red or brown spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 5.5-6.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 5.5-6 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5-5.5 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), 4-6 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, glabrous; style 5-7 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 10-15 mm long, 7-9 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in May, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA regions.