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Daviesia ulicifolia (Gorse Bitter Pea)

Synonyms: Daviesia ulicina; Daviesia ulicina var. communis; Daviesia ulicina var. subumbellata

Wikipedia Abstract

Daviesia ulicifolia, commonly known as gorse bitter pea, is a spiny shrub species in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Australia. It grows to two metres and has yellow and red pea flowers, produced between May and January in the species' native range. The species was first formally described by English botanist Henry Charles Andrews in 1803 in The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants. A number of subspecies are currently recognised:
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Infraspecies

Daviesia ulicifolia aridicola
Daviesia ulicifolia incarnata
Daviesia ulicifolia pilligensis
Daviesia ulicifolia ruscifolia
Daviesia ulicifolia stenophylla
Daviesia ulicifolia ulicifolia

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mt. Field National Park II 39289 Tasmania, Australia

Predators

Parlatoria pittospori (mauve pittosporum scale)[2]
Poliaspis exocarpi[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0