Kennedia sp. South coast (T.R. Lally 1576 & I.P. Lally)

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, 20-60 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, 3-4 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 7-8.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 6-7.6 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 14-16.5 mm long, uniformly coloured, red; claws present; standard 13-15 mm long, glabrous, auriculate, wings 11.5-15 mm long, not auriculate, keel 13-15 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.7-0.8 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen, 12-14 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 12-16.5 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 42-55 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA regions.