Tephrosia sp. E Kimberley Flora (C.A. Gardner 9937)

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, 25-50 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, leaflets 11-27, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 1-3 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 2-3.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 7-8 mm long, uniformly coloured, orange; claws present; standard 6.5-7.5 mm long, hairy at least in part, not auriculate, wings 6-7.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 7-8 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen, 6-7.5 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 7-9 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, flattened at apex. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 35-40 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in January and February. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte and Central Kimberley IBRA regions.