Aeschynomene lateriticola Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Aeschynomene

Characteristics

Leaves 12–24-foliolate; leaflets 1.5–3 × 0.5–0.8 mm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute and aristulate at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, glabrous; main nerve central or nearly so; petiole and rhachis together 8–10 mm long, setulose; petiolules minute; stipules 4–5 × 1–1.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, not appendaged at the base, leaf-like, nervose, ciliate, reflexed, persistent.
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Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicels 3–5.5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely setulose; bracteoles 3 × 0.5–0.7 mm, narrowly lanceolate, acute, ciliate on the margins.
Standard orange-yellow, 7 × 4.5–5 mm, violin-shaped; wings and keel yellow, the petals of the latter not laciniate.
Fruit of 1–2 articles joined by a narrow neck; articles almost round, 4.2 × 4 mm, compressed, glabrous.
Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped; lips 3–5 × 2.5–3 mm, ovate, one rounded, the other shortly 3-fid.
Perennial prostrate herb with 2–4 stems 30–45 cm long from a woody rootstock.
Stems much-branched, densely covered with setiform hairs 1–1.5 mm long.
Seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:472800-1
WFO ID wfo-0000522168
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Synonyms

Aeschynomene lateriticola