Daviesia ulicifolia subsp. ruscifolia

Rigid, spreading shrub mostly less than c. 1 m high; stems hispid or minutely hairy. Phyllodes ovate to narrow-ovate, 5–12 mm long, (1.5–)2.5–4(–6) mm wide, leaf length to width ratio 1.2–3, usually widest at base, often abruptly constricted from midway; apex long acuminate; base rounded or obtuse; upper surface convex with prominent midrib. Flowers solitary or paired in leaf axil, rarely in umbellate clusters of 3; standard orange. Flowers Aug.–Jan.