GEOGRAPHE COMMUNITY LANDCARE NURSERY
366 Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Busselton [2km south of Busselton Bypass on the right]

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SPECIES

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SPECIES

Photos and information about the species we grow,
and perhaps about a few we might like to grow in the future

FAMILY

FABACEAE


Scientific name

Daviesia longifolia

Common name



Daviesia longifolia
Meelup
Photos: Richard Clark
8th November 2008

According to FloraBase, Daviesia longifolia grows to 1.5m high and 2m wide, but at Meelup in the photographed patch which had a hot fire a couple of years ago, the plants are not more than 30 x 50 cm and heavily grazed by the kangaroo.






[Photographed against a blue plastic bucket]






There is an article about the family Fabaceae/Papilionaceae on FloraBase here.
A note on the Fabaceae family in the Wikipedia.

A FloraBase page on Daviesia.
ANU note on Daviesia.

Fabaceae in Family Guide for Fruits and Seeds
ANU Fabaceae Tribes Mirbelieae and Bossiaeeae

Leguminosae-Papilionoideae in:
The Families of Flowering Plants

References:
FloraBase

MABBERLEY, D.J. (1987/1997) The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press.
WHEELER, J. et al (2002) Flora of the South West – Bunbury/Augusta/Denmark, Australian Biological Resources Study, University of Western Australia Press.


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