Aeschynomene solitariiflora J.Léonard

Species

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Characteristics

Erect herb or small subshrub with many tufted stems, 10–30 cm. long, from a woody rootstock, mostly coming up after burns.. Stems glabrous or with very sparse tubercular-based hairs.. Leaves 14–28-foliolate; leaflets linear to obovate-linear, 2.5–6 mm. long, 0.6–1.5 mm. wide, rounded to truncate and mucronulate at the apex, narrowed at the base, glabrous; petiole and rhachis together 1.5–3.5 cm. long, sparsely pubescent; petiolules 0.2 mm. long; stipules linear-lanceolate, leafy, 0.6–1 cm. long, 0.5–1.5 mm. wide, acuminate, truncate, subcordate or shortly unilaterally appendaged, nervose, persistent.. Flowers mostly numerous, solitary, axillary; petiole and pedicels together 0.5–1.7 cm. long; bracts absent; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–4 mm. long, 0.5–0.7 mm. wide, soon falling.. Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped, the lips ovate-oblong, 5–7 mm. long, 2–3.5 mm. wide, one emarginate, the other slightly 3-lobed.. Standard yellow with brown streaks, violin-shaped, 7.5–10 mm. long, 4–5 mm. wide, emarginate; wings and keel-petals yellow, the latter not laciniate.. Pods of 1–3 articles joined by a very narrow neck, each semicircular, 5–6.5 mm. long, 3.5–4.5 mm. wide, compressed, glabrous, reticulate.. Seeds not examined.
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Leaves 14–28-foliolate; leaflets 2.5–6 × 0.6–1.5 mm, linear to obovate-linear, rounded to truncate and mucronulate at the apex, narrowed at the base, glabrous; petiole and rhachis together 1.5–3.5 cm long, sparsely pubescent; petiolules 0.2 mm long; stipules leaf-like, 6–10 × 0.5–1.5 mm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, truncate, subcordate or shortly unilaterally appendaged, nervose, persistent.
Flowers mostly numerous, solitary, axillary; peduncle and pedicels together 5–17 mm long; bracts absent; bracteoles 2.5–4 × 0.5–0.7 mm, ovate-lanceolate, soon falling.
Standard yellow with brown streaks, 7.5–10 × 4–5 mm, violin-shaped, emarginate; wings and keel petals yellow, the latter not laciniate.
Fruit of 1–3 articles joined by a very narrow neck, each article semicircular, 5–6.5 × 3.5–4.5 mm, compressed, glabrous, reticulate.
Erect herb or small subshrub with many tufted stems, 10–30 cm long, from a woody rootstock, mostly coming up after burns.
Calyx glabrous, 2-lipped; lips 5–7 × 2–3.5 mm, ovate-oblong, one emarginate, the other slightly 3-lobed.
Stems glabrous or with very sparse tubercular-based hairs.
Seeds not examined.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Aeschynomene solitariiflora world distribution map, present in Angola, Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:472955-1
WFO ID wfo-0000174052
COL ID 65C8Y
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Synonyms

Aeschynomene solitariiflora