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Daviesia decurrens
Prickly bitter-pea is a spreading to erect, small shrub from south-west Western Australia with spiny, triangular phyllodes and yellowish pink and red pea flowers. It grows in moist woodland, forest and heath, so it suits a sheltered, well-drained spot in a sunny garden.
Daviesia decurrens, commonly known as prickly bitter-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is spreading, erect, or low-lying shrub with scattered, sharply-pointed, narrow triangular phyllodes, and yellowish pink and velvety red flowers.
Prickly bitter-pea grows is found from near Dongara to Busselton and eastwards to near Albany. Subspecies decurrens mostly grows in eucalypt woodland and forest, sometimes in swampland. Subspecies hamata grows in heathland and occurs further inland than subsp. decurrens, from Marchagee to Brookton and inland to near Coolgardie.
Daviesia abnormis · Sandplain Bitter Pea · Daviesia alata · Daviesia alternifolia · Daviesia anceps · Daviesia angulata · Dryland Bitter Pea · Daviesia apiculata · Golden Pea Tree · Sandhill Bitter Pea · Daviesia argillacea · Daviesia arthropoda
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Daviesia decurrens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
