Grona brownii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

Scientific Description

Twining or climbing plants, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 20-40 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins or flat with recurved margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 4-5.5 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 7-10 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 0.5-1.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla multicoloured, mostly pink or purple, with some pink or purple spots, streaks or blotches; standard 3-3.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 2-2.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 2-2.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen. Fruit indehiscent and not splitting into sections, 14-16 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, not beaked. Flowers in March, April and May. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte, Central Kimberley and Dampierland IBRA regions.