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Aphyllodium stylosanthoides Pedley

Reference
Austrobaileya 5:215-215 (1999)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, herb, 0.3-0.6 m high. Sandy soils. Near creek, rocky scarp.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 May 1996

Scientific Description

Erect, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 20-28 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, 13-19 mm long, without glands, ribbed. Pedicel present, 1.5-2 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 3-4 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla; claws present; standard 6-7 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 4-5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 4-5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen. Fruit 4-5 mm long, 3-4 mm wide. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley IBRA regions.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 24 October 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.