Phyllolobium heydei (Baker) M.L.Zhang & Podlech

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Phyllolobium

Characteristics

Plants up to 12 cm tall, densely hairy. Stems in leafy part ca. 1 cm, sparsely to loosely covered with subappressed, flex­uous, tangled, white hairs 0.1-0.2 mm. Leaves 1-2.5 cm; stip­ules 1-2.5 mm, shortly connate behind stem and mostly also in front of petiole, sparsely to loosely white hairy; petiole 0.2-0.6 cm, like rachis loosely to rather densely covered with sub­appressed to spreading, white hairs 0.2-0.4 mm; leaflets in 3-7 pairs, 2-5(-7) × 1-4 mm, both surfaces densely to rather densely covered with subappressed to ascending, partly flexu­ous, tangled, white hairs 0.5-0.7 mm. Racemes (1 or)2-5-flow­ered; peduncle 1-4.5 cm, often curved, loosely hairy like stem in upper part; bracts 1.5-2 mm, hairy. Calyx 3-6 mm, densely to rather densely covered with ascending to spreading, flex­uous, white hairs 0.5-0.7 mm, with very short, appressed, black hairs mixed in; teeth 1.5-2(-3) mm. Petals pink to pale violet; standard orbicular to transversely elliptic, 9-12 × 9-13 mm; wings 9-11 mm; keel 8-10 mm. Legumes subsessile, 15-20 mm, 8-12 mm high, compressed laterally, 1-locular, rather densely, later loosely, covered with short, appressed to as­cending, white or black and white hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.12
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Phyllolobium heydei world distribution map, present in China, India, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77073088-1
WFO ID wfo-0001279743
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Synonyms

Astragalus hendersonii Tragacantha hendersonii Phyllolobium heydei Astragalus heydei Astragalus heydei var. hendersonii