marno

Daviesia divaricata is a low, spreading or erect and bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–3 m (1 ft 0 in – 9 ft 10 in) and is mostly glabrous. Its phyllodes are reduced to keeled, triangular scales about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to six in leaf axils on a peduncle 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long, the rachis up to 3 mm (0.12 in), each flower on a pedicel 2–4.5 mm (0.079–0.177 in) long with bracts about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are 4.0–4.5 mm (0.16–0.18 in) long and have five ribs, the lobes varying with subspecies. The standard petal is egg-shaped, 6.5–8.5 mm (0.26–0.33 in) long, 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) wide and deep orange with a maroon base and a deeply notched tip. The wings are 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and maroon, and the keel is 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and maroon. Flowering occurs from May to early November and the fruit is a triangular pod 11–16 mm (0.43–0.63 in) long.

Marno grows on sand, over both limestone and laterite in near-coastal sandplains and dunes from near the Hutt River to near Busselton. Subspecies lanulosa replaces the autonym in the north and occurs from near Walkaway to the Murchison River.