Daviesia elongata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous, spreading or sprawling shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to linear phyllodes and yellow-orange and maroon flowers.
Description
Daviesia elongata is a glabrous, spreading or sprawling shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) and up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide. Its phyllodes are narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base to linear, 40–170 mm (1.6–6.7 in) long and 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) wide with a prominent mid-vein. The flowers are arranged in groups of two or three in leaf axils on a peduncle 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long, the rachis 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in), each flower on a pedicel 2–7.5 mm (0.079–0.295 in) long with triangular bracts about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are 5.5–7.0 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long and joined at the base, upper two lobes joined for most of their length, the lower three about 0.75 mm (0.030 in) long and triangular. The standard petal is elliptic, 10–11.5 mm (0.39–0.45 in) long, 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) wide and yellow or yellow-orange with a red base and a notched tip. The wings are 8.5–11 mm (0.33–0.43 in) long and maroon, and the keel is about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long and maroon. Flowering occurs from September to January and the fruit is a flattened triangular pod 15–17 mm (0.59–0.67 in) long.[2][3]
^ abc"FloraBase: Daviesia elongata". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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^Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 191. ISBN9780958034180.
