Daviesia horrida

Prickly Bitter-pea
'Daviesia horrida near Statham's Quarry in Western Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Daviesia
Species:	D. horrida
Binomial name
Daviesia horrida Preiss ex Meisn.

Daviesia horrida (Prickly Bitter-pea) is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prickly shrub, growing to between 0.3 and 2 metres in height.^[1] The red and yellow pea flowers are produced between July and November in its native range.^[1]

The species was first formally described by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae in 1844.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Daviesia horrida". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3815. 
2. ^ "Daviesia horrida". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=28641. 

External links

• Daviesia horrida L. Preiss ex Meisn. ( syntype ) (New York Botanical Garden)