Rhynchosia chapmanii Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Rhynchosia

Characteristics

Leaflets 3, 1.7–3.7 × 1.2–3 cm, ovate, the laterals slightly oblique, acute at the apex, rounded, truncate or faintly cordate at the base, discolorous, dark on upper surface and with white pubescence, grey-white beneath and densely velvety with tangled white hairs, 3-nerved from the base to just over halfway; venation ± impressed above, raised and reticulate beneath; petiole 4–16 mm long; rhachis 5–10 mm long; stipules c. 2 mm long, oblong, very early deciduous.
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Corolla yellow with keel dark purplish at tip; standard 22 × 12 mm including 5 mm long claw, obovate, densely pubescent outside; wings 8 × 4 excluding 6 mm long claw, elliptic-oblong; keel much longer, 1.5 × 7 mm excluding 7 mm long claw.
Calyx densely glandular pubescent; tube 5 × 6 mm; upper lobes joined for 3 mm to form a bifid lip 5 × 5 mm, laterals 5 × 2.5 mm, triangular, acuminate, lowest lobe 8 × 2.5 mm, triangular-lanceolate.
Pods immature, 25 × 7 mm, oblong, densely covered with long silky gland based ± appressed hairs.
Inflorescences short, 1(3?)-flowered; peduncle c. 10 mm long; pedicels 6 mm long.
Shrub (0.6)1.2–1.5 m tall; stems dark, densely pale yellow-brown pubescent.
Androecium 2 cm long.
Seeds not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.2 - 1.5
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1013784-1
WFO ID wfo-0000405816
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Synonyms

Rhynchosia chapmanii