Leobordea mollis (E.Mey.) B.-e.van Wyk & Boatwr.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Leobordea

Characteristics

Prostrate shrublet, ± 70 mm tall, ± woody towards base, densely silky (including petals). Leaves 3-foliolate, petioles slender, much longer than leaflets, leaflets broadly oblanceolate, folded. Flowers 1-4(5), in short congested racemes, yellow, calyx with upper and lateral lobes fused high up, standard about as long as keel. Pod sessile, small and ovoid.
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Suffruticosa, nana, molliter sericeo-cinerascens, ramulis brevibus adscendentibus, stipulis solitariis parvis, petiolis elongatis, foliolis oblongo-cuneatis, floribus 1-4 terminalibus oppositifoliisque breviter pedicellatis, calycis puberuli lacinia infima setacea caeteris breviore, vexillo orbiculato carinaque obtusa subaequilonga molliter villosis.
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Distribution

Leobordea mollis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77110665-1
WFO ID wfo-0000749718
COL ID 3W7RL
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Synonyms

Lipozygis villosa Lotononis mollis Leptis mollis Lipozygis mollis Leptidium molle Polylobium molle Leobordea mollis