Crotalaria novae-hollandiae subsp. lasiophylla (Benth.) A.T.Lee

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 25-60 mm long, 10-22 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 1.7-2 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 2-2.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 7.5-9 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10.5-12 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow; claws present; standard 10-10.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 8-9 mm long, not auriculate, keel 9-11 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 1-2.2 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath, 7-8.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 11-13 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in April, May, June and July. Occurs in the Northern and Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Great Sandy Desert, Ord-Victorian-Plain, Tanami and Dampierland IBRA regions.