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Slender Bitter Pea

Daviesia leptophylla

Also called Narrow Leaf Bitter Pea

Slender Bitter Pea
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Daviesia leptophylla, commonly known as narrow-leaf bitter-pea or slender bitter pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a broom-like, multi-stemmed shrub with dull, yellowish-green, linear phyllodes and bright yellow flowers with maroon markings.

Where it grows

Narrow-leaf bitter-pea grows in shrubland or forest, mostly on the slopes and tablelands at altitudes up to 1,400 m (4,600 ft), from Wellington in New South Wales through the Australian Capital Territory and central Victoria to the south-east of South Australia.

Other Daviesia plants

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 leptophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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