Daviesia horrida
Prickly bitter-pea | |
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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 | |
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 2 "Daviesia horrida". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑ "Daviesia horrida". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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