Английская Википедия:Daviesia grossa

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Daviesia grossa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, glabrous, spindly shrub with crowded phyllodes and yellow and dark red flowers.

Description

Daviesia grossa is an erect, broombush-like, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt. Its phyllodes are crowded, linear to fusiform, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt long and sharply pointed. The flowers are arranged in groups of two or three in leaf axils on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, the rachis Шаблон:Cvt long, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long with bracts about Шаблон:Cvt long at the base. The sepals are Шаблон:Cvt long and joined at the base, the upper two lobes joined for most of their length and the lower three pointed. The standard petal is broadly elliptic, Шаблон:Cvt long and yellow with a dark red centre, the wings Шаблон:Cvt long and dark red, and the keel is Шаблон:Cvt long and dull dark red. Flowering occurs from November to April and the fruit is an inflated triangular pod Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Daviesia grossa was first formally described in 1995 by Michael Crisp in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens he collected in the Cape Arid National Park in 1979.[1][3] The specific epithet (grossa) means "large or thick".[4]

Distribution and habitat

This daviesia grows on exposed, rocky places or in heath, but is only known from parts of the Cape Arid National Park in the Mallee region of south-western Western Australia.[2][1]

Conservation status

Daviesia grossa is listed as "not threatened" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

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