Daviesia physodes

Meaning of name:

Daviesia honours Hugh Davies (1739 – 1821), a Welsh botanist. Physodes is from the Greek words physa, meaning a pair of bellows or stream of fire, and odes, meaning like.

Distribution:

Occurs from Geraldton to Augusta.

Description:

A shrub to 1.8 metres tall. The red and yellow flowers are produced from July to November.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2895473

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3832