Aphyllodium schindleri Pedley

Scientific Description

Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 45-50 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, palmately arranged, terminal leaflet present, sessile; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 12-16 mm long, without glands, ribbed. Pedicel 0.5-2.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous, 5-9 mm long, hairy, not striate. Calyx 2.5-4 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla multicoloured, mostly pink or purple, with some pink or purple spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 5.5-9 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 3.5-6 mm long, not auriculate, keel 3-6 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen. Flowers in April. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley IBRA regions.