Zornia muriculata Mohlenbr.

Scientific Description

Erect, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 10-22 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, terminal leaflet absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 5-7 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Bracteoles absent. Calyx 2-3 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 5-5.5 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow; claws present, wings 3 mm long, not auriculate, keel 3.5 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.2 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in a closed sheath, 3 mm long. Ovary; style 4.5 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit indehiscent and not splitting into sections, constricted between the seeds. Flowers in March, April, May and June. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley and Central Kimberley IBRA regions.