Rafnia rostrata G.J.Campb. & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Rafnia

Characteristics

Erect or procumbent shrublet, much-branched from the base, up to 0.4 m high. Leaves obovate to angular-obovate, or lanceolate to obovate-lanceolate; leaves on flowering branches invariably alternate or subopposite to opposite, 13-40 x 3-15 mm wide; basal leaves 16-32 mm x 3-24 mm wide. Inflorescences single-flowered or 2-5-flowered. Flowers 12-19 mm long. Pedicel 5-8 mm long. Bract 0.5-2 mm long. Bracteoles triangular or minute, 0.2-0.7 mm long. Calyx lobes triangular or narrowly triangular, longer than the tube, 5-8 mm long; upper lobes falcate, broader than the others; lateral lobes sometimes falcate; carinal lobe often slightly longer than the others; upper sinus sometimes slightly deeper than the others; tube 4-6 mm long. Standard ovate or elliptic or suborbicular, 10-15 x 10-15 mm; claw 2-5 mm long. Wings oblong, ± as long as the keel, 8-13 x 3-5 mm, with 4-6 rows of sculpturing; apex obliquely obtuse or tapering; claw 3-5 mm long. Keel ± long-rostrate, strongly upcurved, 9-13 x 4-6 mm; claw 3-5 mm long. Stamens monadelphous or rarely diadelphous. Pistil with ovary oblong-ovate; style ± as long as or shorter than the ovary, strongly upcurved; ovules 4-5. Pods obliquely lanceolate, 21-30 x 7-9 mm; upper margin ± straight; lower margin proximally convex. Seeds unknown.
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Erect or procumbent shrublet to 40 cm. Leaves unifoliolate, alternate to opposite on flowering branches, lanceolate to obovate. Flowers 1-5, keel rostrate or long-rostrate, calyx lobes longer than tube, upper lobes broader and falcate. Pods obliquely lanceolate.
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Distribution

Rafnia rostrata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20002631-1
WFO ID wfo-0001267596
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Synonyms

Rafnia rostrata

Lower taxons

Rafnia rostrata subsp. pluriflora Rafnia rostrata subsp. rostrata