Amplexicaule (no stems), heart-shaped leaves cover this shrub with brilliant orange-yellow and red flowers in bunches at the end of the branches. The flowers can also be red-brown. The common name Bookleaf refers to the large, round, greeny-brown bracts which enclose the triangular fruit of Daviesia cordata.

It is a common shrub found from north of Perth along the coastal plain through Margaret River and through to around Albany but absent elsewhere in Australia.

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Roadside near Lake Muir, Western Australia 5th October 2015

Updated 11th August 2024