Daviesia villifera A.Cunn. ex Benth. APNI* Synonyms: Daviesia squarrosa var. villifera (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Benth. APNI*
Description: Shrub with arching branchlets, to 2 m high; vegetative parts hispid.
Phyllodes cordate or wide- to narrow-ovate, 5–10 mm long, 2–6 mm wide, apex long-acuminate, base subcordate to cuneate, undulate, hispid; midrib prominent on upper surface; venation reticulate or obscure.
Racemes 1- or rarely 2-flowered; flower stalks 1.5–10 mm long; upper bracts 0.4–0.8 mm long, 0.25–0.45 mm wide. Calyx 2.4–2.9 mm long including 0.6–0.8 mm receptacle; upper 2 teeth united in a truncate emarginate lip.
Pod 9–11 mm long, 5–7 mm wide.
Flowering: August–November
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest on clay-loam soils; north from Grafton.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by M. D. Crisp
Taxon concept: M.D. Crisp (1990)
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