Family Index

Scientific Name

Daviesia sejugata

Family Name

FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)

Common Name

Leafy Spiky Bitterpea

Status

Height

Flowers

Yellow, with deep lobes, borne in 3+ flowered-umbels, 1 or 2 umbels per leaf axil.

Fruit

Seed pods

Form

Widely spreading shrub with dull dark green, very thick, somewhat fleshy phyllodes which are wrinkled when dry. Branchlets are spiny and have strong ridges.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Clarence; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman

Communities

Habitat Notes

Sandy habitats in Eastern Tasmania and King Island.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Described in 1997. Closely related to D. ulicifolia, but a more rigid, robust and prickly plant. Also occurs in the southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seeds are orange-brown to tan with black mottling, ellipsoid and 2.5-3mm long. The aril is about 1.5mm long.

Seed Treatment Method

Hot water

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Hot water treatment. Some species of Daviesia establish by direct seeding. Pods may need to be crushed to extract seed.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Yes

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes