| Common Name: | Narrow-leaf or Slender Bitter-pea |
| Synonym: | Daviesia virgata |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Size: | 1-2m x 1-2m |
| Description: | Open erect shrub with angular ribbed branchlets. |
| Leaves: | Narrow-elliptic, stiff dull green leaves to 9cm x 10mm. Conspicuous lengthwise veins, especially near margins. |
| Flowering: | 1-4 short, many-flowered sprays of yellow and red pea flowers in each leaf axil. Pods triangular. |
| Flower Colour: | Yellow and red |
| Flowering Time: | September to January |
| Growing Conditions: | Dry well drained, often skeletal, soils in open forests, sometimes on the dry banks of watercourses. Full sun, semi shade. |
| Garden Use: | Insignificant plant until it flowers. Provides a natural look to a garden planted in swarms under eucalypts, especially stringybarks. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 12, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 38, 46 |
| Conservation Status: | Locally common within its preferred growing conditions |
| Aboriginal Use: | |
| Commercially available: | Australian plant & indigenous nurseries |
| Bird Attracting: | No |
| Butterfly Attracting: | No |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | 1, 3 Marilyn Gray ©; 2, 4 Peter Kinchington © |