Chamaecrista maritima Pedley

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Chamaecrista

Characteristics

Prostrate or tufted perennial, less than 15 cm tall; stems with sparse, crisped hairs. Leaves ovate-oblong in outline; stipules triangular, 2-3 mm long; petiole 1.5-3 mm long, with sessile, elliptic gland 0.3-0.5 mm long; rachis 2-4 cm long, grooved and glabrous on adaxial surface; leaflets 15-30 pairs, sometimes overlapping, oblong, 3.3-6.6 mm long, 1-1.6 mm wide, glabrous or a few hairs beneath. Inflorescence supra-axillary, 1-3-flowered; pedicels 6-25 mm long. Sepals c. 2/3 length of petals. Petals 8-10.5 mm long. Stamens 8 or 9; anthers 3-5 mm long. Ovary pubescent. Pod to 5 cm long, 3.5-4.5 mm wide, sparsely pubescent.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Confined to sandy soils in open situations near the sea.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Chamaecrista maritima world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1002050-1
WFO ID wfo-0000599397
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Chamaecrista maritima