Lessertia amajubica Nkonki

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lessertia

Characteristics

Decumbent, multi-stemmed perennial herb with a woody rootstock, up to 0.1 m high. Branches green, cano-pubescent or densely pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, 1-3 mm long. Leaves imparipinnate, 35-45 mm long; leaflets closely 6-7-jugate, oblong, 3-7 x 2-3 mm, base obcuneate, apex emarginate, densely strigose abaxially, glabrous adaxially; petioles 3-5 mm long. Inflorescences densely subcapitate, 8-10-flowered; peduncles longer than leaves, 45-64 mm long; pedicels 1-3 mm long; bracts oblong, 2-4 mm long, acute, pubescent with white hairs; bracteoles present at base of calyx, 1-2 mm long, pubescent with white hairs. Flowers 7-8 mm long, pink to purple. Calyx subequally 5-lobed, 3-4 mm long, strigose with white hairs; tube 1-2 mm long; lobes triangular-oblong, 2-3 mm long. Standard broadly ovate to suborbicular, 4-6 mm long, emarginate, glabrous; claw linear, 1-2 mm long. Wings 4-5 mm long, lamina oblong, as long as keel, obtuse, glabrous, without sculpturing; claw linear 1-2 mm long. Keel 4-5 mm long, lamina boat-shaped, obtuse, glabrous, pocket absent; claw linear 1-3 mm long. Stamens diadelphous; anthers monomorphic, basifixed. Pistil stipitate, hairy; ovary 5-6 mm long, narrowly elliptic; style ± 2-5 mm long, curved upwards, bearded terminally and along upper surface. Fruits subfalcate, inflated, 18-23 x 6-8 mm, sparsely hairy, ± 5-11-seeded, indehiscent.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Lessertia amajubica world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77136706-1
WFO ID wfo-0001338496
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Synonyms

Lessertia amajubica