About Daviesia divaricata Benth.
Daviesia divaricata Benth. is a mostly glabrous shrub that is typically low-growing, and can be either spreading, or erect and bushy. It usually grows to a height of between 0.3 and 3 meters (1 foot 0 inches and 9 feet 10 inches). Its phyllodes are reduced to keeled, triangular scales that are about 1 millimeter (0.039 inches) long. Flowers are arranged in groups of up to six in leaf axils. They grow on a peduncle 1 to 3 millimeters (0.039 to 0.118 inches) long, with a rachis that reaches up to 3 millimeters (0.12 inches) long. Each individual flower sits on a pedicel 2 to 4.5 millimeters (0.079 to 0.177 inches) long, with bracts around 1 millimeter (0.039 inches) long. The sepals are 4.0 to 4.5 millimeters (0.16 to 0.18 inches) long and marked with five ribs; sepal lobe shape varies between subspecies. The standard petal is egg-shaped, 6.5 to 8.5 millimeters (0.26 to 0.33 inches) long and 8 to 10 millimeters (0.31 to 0.39 inches) wide. It is deep orange with a maroon base and a deeply notched tip. The flower wings are 5 to 7 millimeters (0.20 to 0.28 inches) long and maroon, and the keel is 5 to 6 millimeters (0.20 to 0.24 inches) long and also maroon. Flowering occurs from May to early November, and the fruit is a triangular pod 11 to 16 millimeters (0.43 to 0.63 inches) long. This species grows on sand, over both limestone and laterite, in near-coastal sandplains and dunes. It ranges from near the Hutt River to near Busselton. Subspecies lanulosa replaces the autonymous subspecies in the northern part of the range, and occurs from near Walkaway to the Murchison River.
