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Tephrosia cowiei R.Butcher

Reference
Nuytsia 32:41-45, Fig. 1 (2021)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

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, continuous with stem, 25-75 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, leaflets 3-5, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Bracteoles present and persistent. Stamens ten. Fruit constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, not beaked. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell, Pentecost.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.