Daviesia elliptica, commonly known as wild hops,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an open, usually multi-stemmed shrub with scattered, narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped phyllodes, and yellow and red to maroon flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Daviesia |
| Species: | D. elliptica
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| Binomial name | |
| Daviesia elliptica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Daviesis latifolia var. parvifolia Benth. | |
Description
editDaviesia elliptica is an open, usually multi-stemmed. glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) and has arching branches. Its leaves are reduced to crowded, elliptic phyllodes 6–50 mm (0.24–1.97 in) long, 3–25 mm (0.12–0.98 in) wide and glossy green. The flowers are arranged in one or two groups of four to ten on a peduncle 3.5–15 mm (0.14–0.59 in) long, the rachis 1.5–10 mm (0.059–0.394 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long with awl-shaped bracts about 0.8–1.4 mm (0.031–0.055 in) long at the base. The sepals are 3.0–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long and joined at the base, the two upper lobes joined for most of their length and the lower three triangular. The standard is broadly egg-shaped with a notch at the tip, about 7.0 mm (0.28 in) long, 7.5 mm (0.30 in) wide and yellow with a dark red to maroon base, the wings about 7 mm (0.28 in) long and yellow and maroon, and the keel about 5 mm (0.20 in) long and dark red. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is a flattened, triangular pod 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editDaviesia elliptica was first formally described in 1991 by Michael Crisp in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near Tenterfield in 1984.[4] The specific epithet (elliptica) means "elliptic".[5]
Distribution and habitat
editWild hops grows in the understorey of forest on sandy soils derived from granite from Dalveen in south-eastern Queensland to Guyra on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales.[2][6]
Conservation status
editDaviesia elliptica is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Daviesia elliptica". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Crisp, Michael D.; Cayzer, Lindy; Chandler, Gregory T.; Cook, Lyn G. (2017). "A monograph of Daviesia (Mirbelieae, Faboideae, Fabaceae)". Phytotaxa. 300 (1): 120–123. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.300.1.1.
- ^ Crisp, Michael. "Daviesia elliptica". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ "Daviesia elliptica". APNI. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 191. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ a b "Species profile - Daviesia elliptica". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 18 December 2021.