Labichea digitata Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Labichea

Characteristics

Shrub to 1 m tall; branchlets usually densely clothed with spreading hairs to 0.6 mm long. Leaves digitately 5-7-foliolate, on petiole to 1.5 mm long. Leaflets subsessile, narrowly elliptic, ±the same size, 1.2-3 cm long, 2-3.5 mm wide, reticulately veined; upper surface with scattered, uncinate hairs; lower surface usually with scattered, appressed hairs especially on midrib and sometimes with short, uncinate hairs. Racemes 2-9-flowered, mostly shorter than the leaves, densely clothed with rusty, appressed hairs; bracts broadly ovate, 2.5-6 mm long, 2.25-7 mm wide, conspicuously longitudinally striate. Sepals 4; outer two 5-6.5 mm long, 1.9-2.5 mm wide, densely clothed with rusty, appressed hairs and scattered, erect, uncinate hairs. Petals 4 or occasionally 5. Anthers ±equal in length, 2.7-4 mm long. Pods obliquely ovate, 1.4-1.7 cm long, 7-9 mm wide.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Occurs in gravelly clay loam and sandy loam overlying sandstone in open forest.
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Distribution

Labichea digitata world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Labichea digitata threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:501388-1
WFO ID wfo-0000188308
COL ID 6NQ9R
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Synonyms

Labichea digitata