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 Preiss ex Meisn. | |
Daviesia horrida (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. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- ↑ "Daviesia horrida". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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