Lebeckia pauciflora Eckl. & Zeyh.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lebeckia

Characteristics

Sub-erect to decumbent, glabrous suffrutex, up to 1.0 m in height. Leaves phyllodinous, acicular, sometimes articulated near middle; leaf density 1-3 per 10 mm length of stem; stipules absent. Inflorescences terminal, 115-290 mm long; rachis smooth; flowers relatively numerous (up to 34 flowers per inflorescence), lax (1-2 per 10 mm length of rachis), 9-14 mm long; pedicel 3-10 mm long. Bract lanceolate, acute, 2.0-4.2 mm long. Bracteoles triangular, acute, 1.0-2.5 mm long.Calyx 6.5-11.5 mm long, tube 2.5-5.5 mm long, lobes 3.5-6.5 mm long; subequally lobed but upper lateral sinuses much wider than medial and lower lateral sinuses; lobes deltoid, tips minutely pubescent inside. Standard broadly ovate to orbicular, 10.5-15.5 x 10.5-15.5 mm; apex obtuse; claw 2.5-4.0 mm long. Wings obovate, ±as long as the keel, 12-16 x 5.5-9.0 mm, with 5-10 rows of sculpturing; apex obtuse; claws 2-4 mm long. Keel rostrate, twisted, 9.5-16.0 x 4.0-5.5 mm, always with pockets; claws 3.0-5.5 mm long. Carpel stipe short; ovary 8.0-13.5 x 0.6-1.2 mm, linear; ovules many (17-37); style 5-7 mm long, curved upwards. Pods narrowly linear, straight or slightly falcate, semi-terete, not narrowly winged on upper suture, up to 165 x 2-5 mm; stipe 14-37 mm long; dehiscent; fruit wall thin, membranous. Seeds oblong-reniform, 5.0 x 3.8 mm, rugose, light to reddish brown, mottled brown; hilum brown to black.
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Perennial, glabrous suffrutex, 0.6-0.9(-1.0) m high; slender, suberect, many-stemmed, unbranched. Leaves terete, acute, sometimes distinctly jointed. Inflorescences relatively many-flowered or many, terminal racemes. Flowers erect, yellow. Calyx: teeth triangular, longer than tube. Petals: standard partly purple; keel spirally twisted. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Pod very slender.
Suberect or decumbent subshrub, up to 1 m tall. Leaves simple, terete, usually 1-sided on branches, articulated near middle (western populations), glabrous. Flowers numerous in terminal racemes, yellow with purple streaking on standard, glabrous; keel spirally twisted. Pod thin-walled, linear, relatively long, dehiscent.
Decumbent to suberect shrublet to 1 m. Leaves simple, terete, articulated or unarticulated. Flowers yellow, the standard partly purple and keel spirally twisted. Pods linear, up to 165 mm long, dehiscent, thin-walled.
Life form perennial
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Distribution

Lebeckia pauciflora world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502160-1
WFO ID wfo-0000210991
COL ID 3SPKJ
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Synonyms

Lebeckia pauciflora Sarcophyllum grandiflorum