Daviesia suaveolens Crisp APNI* 
Description: Arborescent shrub or small tree to 6 m high.
Phyllodes narrow-obovate, rarely linear, 3–10 cm long, 4–17 mm wide, apex obtuse or rounded, base tapered, dark green, sometimes discolorous; venation pinnate.
Racemes 3–6-flowered; rachis 1–2 mm long including 0–1 mm peduncle. Flowers strongly fragrant. Calyx 4–5 mm long including 1–1.5 mm receptacle, pale green; upper 2 teeth united in a truncate, emarginate lip. Corolla usually pure yellow.
Pod 9–12 mm long, 6–7 mm wide.
Flowering: September–November
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in eucalypt forest, on ridges and steep slopes of the eastern tablelands escarpment, Monga to Bemboka.
NSW subdivisions: SC, ST
Text by M. D. Crisp
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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