Argyrolobium argenteum (Jacq.) Eckl. & Zeyh.

Argyrolobe de Zanon (fr), Cytise argenté (fr), Argyrolobe de Linné (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Argyrolobium

Characteristics

Shrublet, up to 0.5 m tall, young stems and petioles with dense, silky, white hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets weakly dimorphic, broadly obovate to obovate, ± conduplicate. Flowers 1-3, leaf-opposed, occasionally on elongate peduncles, often subsessile, yellow, fading rusty-brown, calyx hairy, 2-lipped, lobes slightly sickle-shaped, standard silky on back, keel silky near apex. Pod narrowly oblong, straight or sickle-shaped, densely silky hairy. All year.
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Perennial shrub, 0.4-1.0 m high; stature lax, shrubby; stems densely sericeous. Leaves with pronounced petioles, sparsely hairy; leaflets weakly dimorphic, widely obovate to obovate, somewhat conduplicate. Inflorescences mostly pedunculate and sometimes borne atop elongate peduncles. Flowers solitary, small, subsessile, sometimes up to 3 flowers borne per node. Flowering time mainly Apr.
Xeric shrub, up to 1 m high; with densely sericeous stems and petioles. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets obovate, sometimes slightly dimorphic. Flowers: solitary, sessile; corolla yellow fading to reddish brown with age; mainly Apr. Pods appressed-hairy.
Shrublet to 50 cm, with characteristic densely hairy, white stems. Leaves 3-foliolate, with prominent petioles, leaflets weakly dimorphic, broadly obovate to obovate, somewhat conduplicate. Flowers solitary, small, sessile, yellow, fading russet.
A small shrub. It grows 50 cm tall. The young stems have white silky hairs. The leaves have 3 leaflets. There are 1-3 flowers opposite the leaves. The pods have flattened hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 1-8
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Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Argyrolobium argenteum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:475137-1
WFO ID wfo-0001057004
COL ID GK26
BDTFX ID 6388
INPN ID 83720
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Synonyms

Argyrolobium obovatum Dichilus obovatus Argyrolobium argenteum Crotalaria argentea Chasmone argentea