Kennedia glabrata Lindl.
Northcliffe Kennedia

Scientific Description

Twining or climbing plants, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 20-105 mm long, glabrous, 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 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 5-6.2 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 11.5-14 mm long, uniformly coloured, red; claws present; standard 12-13 mm long, glabrous, auriculate, wings 9 mm long, not auriculate, keel 10 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, 8.7-11 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, glabrous; style 8.2 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 15-30 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, not beaked. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest and Warren IBRA regions. Conservation Code Threatened (T).