Daviesia horrida

Prickly bitter-pea
Flowering plant near Statham's Quarry in Western Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Daviesia
Species: D. horrida
Binomial name
Daviesia horrida
Preiss ex Meisn.

Daviesia horrida, the prickly bitter-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prickly shrub, growing to between 0.3 and 2 metres in height.[1] The red and yellow pea flowers are produced between July and November in its native range.[1]

The species was first formally described by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae in 1844.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Daviesia horrida". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Daviesia horrida". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.

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