Daviesia leptophylla/mimosoides

Slender Bitter Pea/Bitter Pea at Watson, ACT

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Identification history

	Daviesia leptophylla/mimosoides	19 Oct 2022	Tapirlord
	Daviesia sp.	18 Oct 2022	MAX

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Bitter Peaflower Bush, about 1m high by 0.5m wide, Daviesia sp ? Growing in open sunny location, on rocky substrate, Eucalypt grassy woodland.

13 comments

waltraud wrote:

19 Oct 2022

tapirlord, I'm confused: have the species been merged?
We have D. leptophylla and D mimosoides subsp mimosoides on our flora list.
Cheers, thanks
w

Tapirlord wrote:

19 Oct 2022

i've confirmed under an intergrade, both d.leptophylla and d.minosoides are seperate species,
the photos aren't good enough for me to put this down to one or the other. I believe the two species actually intergrade in the majura area as well.

see Daviesia leptophylla/D. mimosoides (Slender Bitter Pea or Bitter Pea)

waltraud wrote:

19 Oct 2022

Max, if you can please collect a sample of this as well. not sure what to look for when taking a photo of either species.

abread111 wrote:

19 Oct 2022

Waltraud, see Rosemary's comment on Daviesia mimosoides subsp. mimosoides

MAX wrote:

24 Oct 2022

Specimen collected from Same plant for W. as requested, extra diagnostic photos uploaded as above.

waltraud wrote:

25 Oct 2022

Barb
I don't understand Rosemary's comment; what is cf? I always thought Daviesia leptophylla has linear leaves and D mimosoides has lanceolate leaves more like the one leaf shown in Max' 4th photograph.
Max if your collected specimen has leaves could you please take a photo of those? thanks for collecting - please use the usual procedure and place it in a plastic bag/fridge; please add the date of your collection (Isobel asked me when you collected the specimen of the new wattle which I didn't know).

abread111 wrote:

25 Oct 2022

cf stands for the Latin word confer which means “compare”

MAX wrote:

25 Oct 2022

This specimen has Long narrow leaves around 3.5-4.0 cm long, and 3-4 mm wide. Cannot upload more photos (CNM Maximum reached above). Colour is "olive green" (subjective) both top and bottom similar, midrib is not very clear to see. Stem is squarish in cross section. Collection date is Mon 24 Oct 2022.

abread111 wrote:

25 Oct 2022

In the third photo, when I zoom in, I can see the midrib and on some leaves a mucro. That is a D. leptophylla indicator. Anyway be interesting to see what sample reveals ... hybrids make identification difficult as we have seen with wattles.

waltraud wrote:

15 Sep 2023

I can't remember that I received and passed on a collected specimen for Id. Anyhow, there seems no further id. Both species, D. leptophylla and D. mimosoides subsp mimpsoides, are included in FoMM's Flora list for both Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie.

MAX wrote:

15 Sep 2023

Specimens were passed on to Waltraud, to give to Isobel , October 2022.

waltraud wrote:

15 Sep 2023

thanks max
I was very sick last year particularly in October which may have blurred my memory... I really can't remember anything, sorry. Perhaps for the future it would be better to give collected specimens directly to Isobel?

MAX wrote:

15 Sep 2023

No Worries Waltraud, we do understand. Stay Well 😊

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