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broom bitter-pea

Daviesia genistifolia

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Description

Description: Low multistemmed shrub to 0.6 m high, or rarely slender, open and to 2 m high.

Phyllodes terete or vertically compressed, 5–30 mm long, 0.5–1.25 mm thick, rigid, pungent, articulated with branchlet, usually striate.

Racemes 2–6-flowered; rachis 1.5–8 mm long including 0.5–1.3 mm peduncle. Calyx 2.2–3.5 mm long including 0.5–1.0 mm receptacle; teeth shallow, 0.5–0.6 mm long.

Pod 8–11 mm long, 4–8 mm wide.

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