Robynsiophyton vanderystii R.Wilczek

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, but uppermost mixed with 1-foliolate; leaflets mostly 15–25 × 4–10 mm, narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, obtuse to rounded to the apiculate tip, pilose on both surfaces; stipules 3–7 mm long, linear to linear-lanceolate.
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Annual or short-lived perennial, with erect pilose stem to 10–30 cm tall and often longer spreading to weakly ascending lower branches, sometimes perennating with extra basal branches but taproot undivided.
Standard pale yellow, a little shorter than the calyx and ± the same length as the wings and keel, spathulate, with a few hairs along the midvein outside.
Pods 6–10 × 3–4.5 mm, ovate-oblong, tapered to the persistent forwardly directed style, densely pilose, 4–8-seeded.
Flowers 2–9 in heads towards the tips of shoots, subsessile; bracts 2–3.5 mm long.
Calyx 4–5 mm long, pilose; lobes 2.5–3 mm long, narrowly triangular.
Seeds 1.2–1.5 mm long, cream-coloured to brown, slightly sculptured.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Distribution

Robynsiophyton vanderystii world distribution map, present in Angola and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:517803-1
WFO ID wfo-0000211135
COL ID 4T8FX
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Synonyms

Robynsiophyton vanderystii