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Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars

Reference
Dict.Sci.Nat. 6:617 (1817)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sprawling or prostrate perennial, herb or climber (sometimes). Fl. yellow, Apr to Jun or Aug. Sandstone or basalt. Rocky hills, creeks, outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 September 1999

Scientific Description

Twining or climbing plants, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 40-80 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 2.5-5 mm long, without glands, ribless. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 5-8 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 7-12 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow; claws absent. Stamens ten; filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 45 mm long, 10 mm wide, constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in April, May, June and August. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley and Central Kimberley IBRA regions.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.