Английская Википедия:Daviesia mesophylla

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Daviesia mesophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying, glabrous shrub with sharply-pointed, linear or narrowly egg-shaped phyllodes with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow to orange, red and cream-coloured flowers.

Description

Daviesia mesophylla is a low-lying, glossy green, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and has ridged branchlets. Its phyllodes are sharply-pointed, linear to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, vertically flattened, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are Шаблон:Cvt long and joined at the base, the two upper lobes joined for most of their length and the three lower lobes triangular and about Шаблон:Cvt long. The standard petal is broadly egg-shaped with a notched centre, Шаблон:Cvt long and yellow to orange with a dark red centre, the wings about Шаблон:Cvt long and light red, the keel about Шаблон:Cvt long and cream-coloured. Flowering occurs from October to April and the fruit is an inflated triangular pod Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Daviesia mesophylla was first formally described in 1907 by Alfred James Ewart in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.[3][4] The specific epithet (mesophylla) means "middle-leaved", apparently referring to the inner leaf tissue.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This daviesia grows in sand and on rocky slopes in mallee-heath and heath in the Stirling Range and near Denmark in the Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[1][2]

Conservation status

Daviesia mesophylla is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[6]

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