Daviesia gracilis

Daviesia gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open, spreading shrub with its phyllodes reduced to scales, and has orange-yellow and maroon flowers.

Daviesia gracilis
Daviesia gracilis in the Stirling Range National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Daviesia
Species:
D. gracilis
Binomial name
Daviesia gracilis

Description

Daviesia gracilis is an open, spreading, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 50 cm (20 in), its phyllodes reduced to scales. The flowers are arranged in groups of three to five on a peduncle 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long, the rachis 0.5–3 mm (0.020–0.118 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long with oblong, overlapping bracts about 4 mm (0.16 in) long at the base. The sepals are about 3.0–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long and joined at the base. The standard petal is elliptic, 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long and orange-yellow with a thin maroon border, the wings about 7.0–7.5 mm (0.28–0.30 in) long and maroon, and the keel is 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) long and maroon. Flowering occurs from July to October and the fruit is a flattened triangular pod 16–19 mm (0.63–0.75 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Daviesia gracilis was first formally described in 1984 by Michael Crisp in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by Archibald Menzies at King George Sound in 1791.[2][4] The specific epithet (gracilis) means "thin or slender".[5]

Distribution and habitat

This daviesia grows in heath or open woodland between Kojonup, King George Sound and Bremer Bay in the Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest regions of south-western Western Australia.[3][2]

Conservation status

Daviesia gracilis is listed as "not threatened" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]

References
  1. "Daviesia gracilis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. Crisp, Michael D.; Cayzer, Lindy; Chandler, Gregory T.; Cook, Lyn G. (2017). "A monograph of Daviesia (Mirbelieae, Faboideae, Fabaceae)". Phytotaxa. 300 (1): 153–154. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.300.1.1.
  3. "Daviesia gracilis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Daviesia gracilis". APNI. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780958034180.
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