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Tephrosia sp. Willowra (G.M. Chippendale 4809)

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Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Not Current

Scientific Description

Erect, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, continuous with stem, 20-47 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, 5 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 1 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 4-5.2 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 5.5-6.5 mm long; claws present; standard 5-5.5 mm long, hairy at least in part, not auriculate, wings 4.7-5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 6.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, hairy at least in part. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen, 4-5.5 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 6.5-7 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 30-35 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Gascoyne IBRA regions.