Daviesia leptophylla/mimosoides
Slender Bitter Pea/Bitter Pea at Hackett, ACT
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| Daviesia leptophylla/mimosoides | MichaelBedingfield | 16 Nov 2020 | |
| Daviesia leptophylla/mimosoides | MichaelBedingfield | 5 Nov 2020 | |
| Daviesia leptophylla - Daviesia mimosoides | RWPurdie | 4 Nov 2020 | |
| Daviesia leptophylla | MichaelBedingfield | 3 Nov 2020 | |
| Unverified | JaneR | 2 Nov 2020 |
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User's notes
Daviesia sp. possibly D. mimosoides ?
This shrub had a pendulous habit making it look rather different from the Daviesia mimoisoides (common elsewhere in this Park, at fruiting stage) and was flowering.
4 comments
4 Nov 2020
In the specimens at the Australian National Herbarium, pea-flower expert Mike Crisp had named several specimens from Mt Ainslie as Daviesia leptophylla - Daviesia mimosoides, i.e neither exactly one or the other. There's no proper D. leptophylla herbarium specimens from there. I've noticed in the general area Daviesia mimosoides plants often have leaves approaching D. leptophylla, but you can usually find the broader D. mimosoides leaves also present. The habit of both is quite variable.
4 Nov 2020
thanks. I did notice that Flora Vic described Daviesia leptophylla as "ascending" which this plant wasn't it. This plant was quite well-separated from the patches of Daviesia mimosoides. So, in terms of CNM, that makes it Daviesia sp. ?
4 Nov 2020
I'll see if the CNM folk will allow it to be called Daviesia leptophylla - Daviesia mimosoides as that's a bit more informative than Daviesia sp.
4 Nov 2020
I've been sent a link to approve or reject a new species "Daviesia leptophylla - Daviesia mimosoides" .
Thanks you for the courtesy, but I don't wish to either approve or reject, as this is beyond my expertise.
Thanks you for the courtesy, but I don't wish to either approve or reject, as this is beyond my expertise.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.163192-35.257683
- Altitude 642.0m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 1 Nov 2020 04:57 PM Recorded on
- JaneR Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Daviesia leptophylla/mimosoides Scientific name
- Slender Bitter Pea/Bitter Pea Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 688.33m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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