Crotalaria dissitiflora subsp. rugosa (Benth.) A.T.Lee

Scientific Description

Erect, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, continuous with stem, 30-50 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(-3) mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 2 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 4.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 7 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow; claws present; standard 7 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6-7 mm long, not auriculate, keel 6-7 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 1.5-1.7 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath, 4-4.5 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 6-7 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in June. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Ord-Victorian-Plain IBRA regions.