About Daviesia brevifolia Lindl.
Daviesia brevifolia Lindl., commonly known as leafless bitter-pea, is an erect, rigid, broom-like shrub. It typically grows up to 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches) in height, and has ascending, hairless branchlets. Its true leaves are reduced to cylindrical, sharply-pointed phyllodes that measure 2 to 8 millimetres long, and are 1.0 to 1.5 millimetres wide at the base. Flowers are arranged in groups of three or four in leaf axils, growing from a peduncle 1.5 to 2 millimetres long. Clusters of bracts around 0.5 millimetres long are present at the base of the flower group, and each individual flower sits on a pedicel 2.0 to 3.5 millimetres long. The sepals are 3 to 4 millimetres long: the two upper sepals have fused lobes, while the three lower sepals have triangular lobes around 0.5 millimetres long. Petals range in colour from apricot to reddish-brown. The standard petal is 6.5 to 8 millimetres long, the wing petals are 7.0 to 7.5 millimetres long, and the keel petal is 7.5 to 8.0 millimetres long. Flowering takes place from August to October, and the fruit is an inflated triangular pod 9 to 15 millimetres long. This species grows in forest, woodland, and heath habitats in western Victoria and the south-east of South Australia.
