Argyrolobium parviflorum T.J.Edwards

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Argyrolobium

Characteristics

Shrub, up to 1 m tall, erect, well branched; stems velutinous, becoming glabrous. Leaves velutinous; leaflets 5-9 x 4-6 mm, broadly obovate, abaxial costae prominent, reticulate, apex rounded to emarginate, apiculate; petiole 1.5-6 mm long; stipules 0.25-2 x 0.25-0.5 mm, setaceous or lanceolate, caducous. Inflorescence pseudo-umbellate, 1-4-flowered, terminal, becoming leaf-opposed; peduncle 4-5(-9) mm long; bracts 1-1.5 x 0.25-0.5 mm; bracteoles narrowly ovate to linear, 0.5-1 x 0.25 mm. Calyx velutinous, deeply bilabiate; upper lobes 5-6 mm long, upper sinus vestigial; lower lip 7-8 mm long, lobes vestigial. Corolla yellow; standard suborbicular, 8-9 x 7.5-8.5 mm, adaxial surface sericeous apically, base rounded; claw 1.5-2 mm long; wings oblong to obovate, 9-9.5 x 3-3.5 mm, with lunate-lamellate sculpturing in the basal and upper central zones; claw 1-2 mm long; keel acutely cymbiform, 6.5-7 x 3 mm; claw 1-2 mm long. Stamens monadelphous, sheath completely fused above. Pistil narrowly oblong; ovary 5-6 mm long; style 3 mm long. Fruit velutinous, compressed (only immature fruits seen). Seeds not seen.
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Perennial, well-branched shrublet, up to 1 m high. Leaflets widely obovate. Inflorescences of terminal racemes. Flowers small. Flowering time Nov.-May.
Well-branched shrublet to 1 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets broadly obovate, venation prominent beneath, reticulate. Flowers small, yellow.
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Distribution

Argyrolobium parviflorum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:972989-1
WFO ID wfo-0000547265
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Synonyms

Argyrolobium parviflorum