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Scientific Name
Daviesia latifolia
Family Name
FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)
Common Name
Bitter-leaf or Native Hop
Status
Height
0.6m - 2.0m (60-200cm)
Flowers
Common pea flower with numerous small brown and yellow flowers.
Fruit
Seed pods
Form
Shrub
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Tamar
Communities
Widespread
Habitat Notes
Widespread and locally frequent, especially on banks at roadsides.Prefers semi-shade but will tolerate full sun. Adaptable to most soils.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Useful in providing low cover (up to 3m) in mixed species windbreaks and for screening. Useful for honey production and flowers provide excellent nectar for insects and birds. Susceptible to browsing by hares and rabbits. The leaves have medicinal properties and have substituted for hops. Reputedly used s an antihellmintic (i.e. a drug which destroys or expels intestinal worms) by the European settlers. A decoction of the leaves was taken to expel hydatid cysts. The leaves were also used as a tonic.. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed pod flat, triangular to 10mm. pods become light brown and brittle when ripe.seed turns from green to black and drops very soon after maturity.each pod contains 1 seed
Seed Treatment Method
Hot water
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Hot water treatment. Sow thinly before conditions become too warm to avoid problems caused by the seed rotting.Other species of Daviesia estalish from direct seeding.Pods may need to be crushed to extract seed.
Germination Time
10-30 days
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
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