Labichea brassii C.T.White & W.D.Francis

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Labichea

Characteristics

Shrub to 3 m tall; branchlets densely clothed with short, erect or uncinate hairs and scattered, longer hairs to 2 mm long. Leaves imparipinnate, (3-) 5-7 (-9)-foliolate; rachis 5-15 mm long. Leaflets elliptic, elliptic-oblong or ovate; margins sometimes slightly undulate; upper surface with short, erect, uncinate hairs and scattered, longer hairs, the raised bases persisting; lower surface with erect, appressed or spreading hairs to 2 mm long; terminal leaflet 1.8-4.6 cm long, 5-17 mm wide; lateral leaflets 0.8-2.5 cm long, 2.75-11 mm wide. Racemes 2-10-flowered. Sepals 5; outer two 8-10 mm long, 2.5-4 mm wide, densely clothed with short, erect and longer, mainly spreading hairs to 2 mm long. Petals 4. Anthers unequal; short anther 3.5-4 mm long; long anther 6.5-7.5 mm long. Pod 2.2-2.6 cm long, 1-11 mm wide. Seeds 4-5 mm long, 3.5-4.5 mm wide.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Recorded growing along creek and river beds.
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Distribution

Labichea brassii world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:501385-1
WFO ID wfo-0000187738
COL ID 3RJCQ
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Synonyms

Labichea brassii