Daviesia squarrrosa?

Location & distribution maps

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Etymology:   

• The genus is named in honour of Hugh Davies, a Welsh botanist 

• The specific epithet (squarrosa) means "thickly crowded and rigid", referring to the leaves

• It was first formally described in 1805 by James Edward Smith in his book Annals of Botany

Flowers

•  The flowers are arranged singly or in paris in leaf axils on a peduncle 0.5–1 mm long,

• Each flower is on a pedicel 3.5–12 mm long

• The sepals are 2.5–3.0 mm long and joined at the base

• The upper two lobes joined for most of their length and the lower three are 0.5–1 mm long

• The standard petal is egg-shaped, yellow with red markings and a bright yellow centre, 5.5–5.6 mm long and 6.6–7.2 mm wide

•  The wings are 4.5–5.5 mm long and red, sometimes with a yellow tip, the keel about 4.5 mm long and red, sometimes with a yellow tip

• Flowering occurs from July October 

Fruit:                            

• A flattened triangular pod 6–9 mm long

Leaves:         

• The phyllodes are crowded, heart-shaped or egg-shaped with a long, tapering tip

• They are 4–12 mm long and 0.5–10 mm wide 

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A slender shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1.5 m and has short, bristly hairs on the branchlets

Habitat:   

• Grows in forest, mainly in near-coastal areas

Distribution:                  

• South-east Queensland to the Tuross River in NSW, but also as far inland as the Megalong Valley and Goulburn    

Additional notes:     

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daviesia_squarrosa (2025)