Lebeckia sepiaria Thunb.

Erect, glaucous sufffutex, up to 0.8 m in height. Leaves simple, acicular, articulated near the middle; leaf density 4-11 per 10 mm length of stem. Inflorescences terminal, 50-300 mm long; rachis furrowed; flowers numerous, relatively sparse (2-5 per 10 mm length of rachis), relatively large in size (12-18 mm long); pedicel 4-7 mm long; bract lanceolate, acute, ±3 mm long; bracteoles narrowly triangular, acuminate, 0.5-L5 mm long. Calyx 4.5-6.5 mm long, tube 2.5-3.5 mm long, lobes 1.5-2.5 mm long; subequally lobed but the upper lateral sinuses much wrider than the medial sinus and lower lateral sinuses; lobes deltoid, tips minutely pubescent inside. Standard widely ovate to orbicular, 9-15 x 7.5-11.5 mm; apex obtuse; claw 1.0-3.5 mm long. Wings oblong, shorter than the keel, 7.5-12.5 x 3.5-6.0 mm, with 13-l6 rows of sculpturing; apex obtuse; claws 1.5-4.5 mm long. Keel rostrate, 7-14 x 3.0-5.0 mm, usually with pockets; claws 2-5 mm long. Pistil subsessile; ovary 13.5-15.5 x 0.6-0.9 mm long, linear; ovules many (15-19); style 4.0-5.5 mm long, curved upwards. Pods linear, straight, up to 40 x 4 mm: indehiscent; terete; fruit wall thick, spongy. Seeds oblong-reniform, ±2.5 x 1.2 mm, rugose, pale brown, mottled dark brown to black; hilum black.