Английская Википедия:Daviesia flexuosa
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Daviesia flexuosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west coast of Western Australia. It is a glabrous, spreading shrub with zig-zagged branchlets, scattered, sharply-pointed, narrowly triangular phyllodes and yellow and red flowers.
Description
Daviesia flexuosa is a glabrous, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt and has zig-zagged branchlets with a phyllode at each bend. The phyllodes are sharply pointed, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide at the base. The flowers are arranged in groups of two to four in leaf axils on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, the rachis up to Шаблон:Cvt, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long with oblong bracts about Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are Шаблон:Cvt long and joined at the base, the upper two lobes joined for most of their length, the lower three about Шаблон:Cvt long and triangular. The standard petal is broadly egg-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide and yellow with a broad red base, the wings Шаблон:Cvt long and red, and the keel Шаблон:Cvt long and red. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is a flattened triangular pod Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Daviesia flexuosa was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham in Stephan Endlicher's Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel.[3][4] The specific epithet (flexuosa) means "zig-zag", referring to the stem.[5]
Distribution and habitat
This species of pea grows in open forest and heathland, near the coast of southern Western Australia between Cape Naturaliste and Mount Manypeaks..[1][2]
Conservation status
Daviesia flexuosa is listed as "not threatened" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[1]
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