About Daviesia devito Crisp & L.G.Cook
Daviesia devito is a dense shrub that typically reaches a height of 0.3 to 1 meter (1 foot 0 inch to 3 feet 3 inches), and has completely hairless (glabrous) foliage. Its leaves are reduced into sharply pointed, cylindrical phyllodes that measure 5 to 30 mm (0.20 to 1.18 inches) long, and are between 1.0 and 1.75 mm (0.039 to 0.069 inches) wide at the base. Flowers are arranged in one or two clusters of 2 to 5 flowers in leaf axils. The peduncle holding the clusters grows up to 1 mm (0.039 inches) long, the central rachis of the cluster is 2 to 7 mm (0.079 to 0.276 inches) long, and each individual flower sits on a pedicel up to approximately 1 mm (0.039 inches) long, with a down-curved bract at the base of the pedicel. The sepals are approximately 2 mm (0.079 inches) long and joined together at their base. The standard petal ranges from yellow to red, with a yellowish-green centre; it is 5 to 6 mm (0.20 to 0.24 inches) long and approximately 5 mm (0.20 inches) wide. The wing petals are orange-brown, and 4.0 to 4.5 mm (0.16 to 0.18 inches) long. The keel petal is deep maroon, and approximately 4 mm (0.16 inches) long. Flowering takes place in September and October. The fruit is a broadly egg-shaped to triangular pod that is 5 to 7 mm (0.20 to 0.28 inches) long. Daviesia devito most commonly grows in mallee vegetation, and sometimes occurs in woodland or heathland. It is found in scattered populations across a range extending from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia to western Victoria, and as far inland as near Condobolin in New South Wales.
