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Ophrestia breviracemosa Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Ophrestia

Characteristics

Leaves 1-foliolate; leaflet 3.5–6 × 0.8–2.5 cm, oblanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, acute to rounded at the apex, mucronulate, rounded at the base, pubescent; petiole c. 5 mm long; stipules 7 mm long, subulate, uninerved.
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Inflorescences axillary, 0.8–2 cm long (including 5 mm long peduncle), 4–8-flowered, pubescent; bracts 2 mm long, subulate; bracteoles 1.2 mm long, linear; pedicels 1–1.5 mm long.
Standard colour unknown, 7.5 × 2.3 mm, oblong-panduriform, slightly emarginate at the apex, pubescent outside; claw 1.8 mm long; wings 6.7 × 1.4 mm with distinct spur.
Calyx pubescent; tube 2 mm long; lobes 1.7 mm long, ovate, the upper pair united for three-quarters their length.
Stems c. 4, prostrate, up to 40 cm long, appressed grey pubescent; previous burnt off stems also present.
Subshrubby herb from a woody rootstock.
Fruits not known.
Ovary 2-ovulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:996006-1
WFO ID wfo-0000383947
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Synonyms

Ophrestia breviracemosa
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