Daviesia intricata Crisp subsp. xiphophylla Crisp (1995: 1205)

Crisp, Michael D., Cayzer, Lindy, Chandler, Gregory T. & Cook, Lyn G., 2017, A monograph of Daviesia (Mirbelieae, Faboideae, Fabaceae), Phytotaxa 300 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

96b. Daviesia intricata Crisp subsp. xiphophylla Crisp (1995: 1205) . Type: Western Australia, Coolgardie, 18 km E of Southern Cross along Great Eastern Hwy , 31°16’S, 119°30’E, M. D. Crisp 6562, 19 July 1980. Holotype: CBG; isotypes: AD, CANB, K, L, MEL, NSW, PERTH

Plants small, usually ca. 0.5 m high. Branchlets ± erect and not intertwining. Phyllodes strongly vertically compressed, subulate and dagger-like. Corolla : standard ca. 4.5–5 × 5 mm including the 1 mm claw; wings ca. 4.5–5 × 2 mm including the 1.5 mm claw. Pod 7–8 × 6–7 mm. ( Fig. 97D ).

Flowering period:— May to August. Fruiting period: July and August.

Distribution:— Western Australia, from east of Southern Cross south to Marble Rocks.

Habitat:— Grows in yellowish sand (often gravelly) on low rises and low ridges in undulating sandplains, in heathland or mallee eucalypt scrub, with Acacia , Allocasuarina , Grevillea and Hakea .

Additional specimens examined:— WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Avon: 28 km S of Bodallin , 31°37’S, 118°51’E, B. H . Smith 590, 14 July 1985 ( CBG, HO, MEL, NSW, PERTH). Coolgardie: Ghooli repeater station, 31°19’S, 119°28’E, L. A . Craven 5403, et al., 7 May 1978 ( CANB, CBG); Ghooli Hill , ca. 20 km E of Southern Cross, near microwave station GHO, 31°17’S, 119°30’E, M . D. Crisp 1109, 17 August 1975 ( CBG); Bronti [e Station], 30°56’S, 119°30’E, E . Salisbury s.n., 7 August 1949 ( K, PERTH 5481341 ); 18 km E of Southern Cross along Great Eastern Highway , 31°16’S, 119°30’E, M . D. Crisp 6563, 19 July 1980 ( CBG, MEL). Roe: Ca. 55 km E of Hyden , 3 km NE of Marble Rocks, 32°30’S, 119°26’E, M . D. Crisp 5550, 29 January 1979 ( CBG) .

Affinity:— Subsp. intricata differs in being a larger plant (up to 2 m high) with intertwining branchlets, phyllodes that are mostly terete, larger flowers (e.g. standard 5.5 × 6.5–7 mm) and larger pods (9–10 × 7.5–8 mm).

VII.e. D. incrassata Clade

Figures

FIGURE 97. Daviesia intricata subsp. intricata. A. Flowering branchlet. B. Inflorescence. C. Pod. Daviesia intricata subsp. xiphophylla. D. Flowering branchlet. A from Crisp 6670 (type); B from Crisp 6599; C from Drummond s.n. (MEL 72497); D from Crisp 6562 (type). Drawn by A.L. Prowse. Adapted from Crisp (1995) with permission from CSIRO Publishing.