Daviesia decurrens Prickly Bitter-pea Endemic
For some time I wondered what the identity of these strange triangular fruited plants was but they flower quite early in Spring and often I was too late. Eventually we arranged a holiday starting in August and I found some with the typical deep red flowers and curved thorns which are to a greater or lesser extent decurrent down the flower stem depending on the sub species..
The thorns are actually modified petioles (leaf stems) which are triangular and able to photosynthesise. Daviesia decurrens is endemic to south west Australia.
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Karri forest off Donelly Mill Rd, nr Manjimup, Western Australia 25th August 2012
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