Otholobium polyphyllum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.H.Stirt.

Species

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Characteristics

Erect, perennial shrublet, much branched from base, up to 1 m high; stems pubescent when young, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves trifoliolate, subsessile. Leaflets linear or linear-oblong, mucronate, margins minutely ciliate; lateral leaflets noticeably unequal-sided; prominently nigro-punctate in dried specimens. Stipules small, ovate-acuminate, caducous. Inflorescences axillary. Flowers 2 or 3 together, white and blue. Calyx nigro-villous with prominent veins. Flowering time May-Nov.
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Plant shrubby, pubescent, glabrous when older. Stems erect, leafy, branched. Leaves trifoliolate, sub-sessile, stipulate; leaflets 1.1-5 cm long, 2-4 mm broad, linear to linear-oblong, mucronate, glands immersed; lateral leaflets unequal sided. Stipules small, ovate, acuminate, not persistent. Flowers axillary, 2-3 together. Pedicels very short. Calyx-tube nigro-villous and veined; upper and lateral lobes subulate, the lowest ovate-lanceolate, longer than the rest.
Erect, closely leafy shrublet to 1 m. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, leaflets oblong, margins minutely ciliate; stipules caducous. Flowers white, calyx black-hairy, accrescent, lowest sepal larger.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Distribution

Otholobium polyphyllum world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942572-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212335
COL ID 4B2H7
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Synonyms

Otholobium polyphyllum Psoralea polyphylla Lotodes polyphylla