FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)

Bitter-leaf or Native Hop

 

0.6m - 2.0m (60-200cm) 

Common pea flower with numerous small brown and yellow flowers. 

Seed pods 

Shrub 

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 

Widespread 

Widespread and locally frequent, especially on banks at roadsides.Prefers semi-shade but will tolerate full sun. Adaptable to most soils. 

 

Hardy 

 

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. 

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 

Hot water 

 

 

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. 

10-30 days 

Yes