Otholobium bolusii (H.M.L.Forbes) C.H.Stirt.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Otholobium

Characteristics

Plant shrubby, small. Stems erect, leafy, glandular, striate; young stems densely albo-tomentose becoming glabrescent. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate, stipulate; petioles about 7 mm long; leaflets 1-2.5 cm long, about 4 mm broad, linear to linear-oblong, nigro-punctate, densely albo-hirsute becoming almost glabrous, recurved mucronate. Stipules adnate to the base of the petiole, up to 5 mm long, subulate, acute. Flowers axillary, in groups of 3, sub-sessile. Calyx-tube 3 mm long, 5 mm in diameter, glandular, hirsute; lobes unequal, hirsute, long-ciliate, glandular, pilose on the inner surface; two upper lobes 2 mm long, about 0.25 mm broad, linear, acute; lateral lobes 3.5-4 mm long, about 0.5 mm broad, linear, acute; lowest lobe 6 mm long, l.5 mm broad, lanceolate, acute. Vexillum 5.5 mm long, 5.5 mm broad, obovate, with a channelled claw 3 mm long; alae 5.5 mm long, 2.5 mm broad, with a linear claw 2.5 mm long; carina 3 mm long, 1.5 mm broad, with a linear claw 3 mm long; Ovary thinly pilose; style 3 mm long, filiform.
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Lax, sprawling shrublet to 40 cm. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, leaflets linear-oblanceolate, thinly hairy; stipules silky on margins. Flowers pink, with mauve and white nectar patch, calyx hairy and glandular, lowest sepal larger.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Images

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Distribution

Otholobium bolusii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942557-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212296
COL ID 4B2GJ
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Synonyms

Psoralea bolusii Otholobium bolusii