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Bitter Peas
Daviesia
Daviesia, commonly known as Bitter-peas, is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family. They are native to Australia, with a center of diversity in western Australia. The genus is named in honour of Hugh Davies, a Welsh botanist. They have nitrogen-fixing bacteria contained in root nodules like other genera in their family.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

gorse bitter pea
speciesDaviesia ulicifolia

narrow-leaf bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia leptophylla

hop bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia latifolia

Leafless Bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia brevifolia

prickly daviesia
speciesDaviesia villifera

prickly daviesia
speciesDaviesia umbellulata

narrow leaf bitter pea
speciesDaviesia corymbosa

long-leaf bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia wyattiana

blunt-leaf bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia mimosoides

Prickly Bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia decurrens

Daviesia incrassata
speciesDaviesia incrassata

marno
speciesDaviesia divaricata

broom bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia genistifolia

Prickly Bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia horrida

Daviesia triflora
speciesDaviesia triflora

bookleaf
speciesDaviesia cordata

Golden Pea Tree
speciesDaviesia arborea

Daviesia nudiflora
speciesDaviesia nudiflora

small spiny bitter pea
speciesDaviesia devito

Daviesia alata
speciesDaviesia alata

phoenix bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia physodes

sharp bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia acicularis

Daviesia angulata
speciesDaviesia angulata

Daviesia squarrosa
speciesDaviesia squarrosa

Daviesia flexuosa
speciesDaviesia flexuosa

Daviesia hakeoides
speciesDaviesia hakeoides

Dryland Bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia aphylla

Ouch Bush
speciesDaviesia pachyphylla

thorny bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia pectinata

Daviesia rhombifolia
speciesDaviesia rhombifolia

box-leaf bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia buxifolia

Daviesia striata
speciesDaviesia striata

Daviesia preissii
speciesDaviesia preissii

Tall Bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia laxiflora

Daviesia nova-anglica
speciesDaviesia nova-anglica

Daviesia podophylla
speciesDaviesia podophylla

Daviesia alternifolia
speciesDaviesia alternifolia

Daviesia epiphyllum
speciesDaviesia epiphyllum

Daviesia teretifolia
speciesDaviesia teretifolia

Daviesia schwarzenegger
speciesDaviesia schwarzenegger

Sandhill Bitter-pea
speciesDaviesia arenaria

Daviesia asperula
speciesDaviesia asperula

Daviesia brachyphylla
speciesDaviesia brachyphylla

Daviesia pubigera
speciesDaviesia pubigera

Daviesia inflata
speciesDaviesia inflata

Daviesia filipes
speciesDaviesia filipes

Daviesia longifolia
speciesDaviesia longifolia

Daviesia elliptica
speciesDaviesia elliptica

Daviesia gracilis
speciesDaviesia gracilis

Daviesia chapmanii
speciesDaviesia chapmanii

Daviesia lancifolia
speciesDaviesia lancifolia

Daviesia laevis
speciesDaviesia laevis

Daviesia cardiophylla
speciesDaviesia cardiophylla

Daviesia emarginata
speciesDaviesia emarginata

Daviesia pedunculata
speciesDaviesia pedunculata

Daviesia uniflora
speciesDaviesia uniflora

Daviesia sejugata
speciesDaviesia sejugata

Daviesia polyphylla
speciesDaviesia polyphylla

Daviesia dilatata
speciesDaviesia dilatata

Daviesia trigonophylla
speciesDaviesia trigonophylla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 139296.