Grona hannii (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, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 9.5-20 mm long, 8-12 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 3-5 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 3-4.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 2.5-3.5 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; claws present; standard 3-4 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 2-3 mm long, not auriculate, keel 2.5-3.5 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, 12-15 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, not beaked. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley and Central Kimberley IBRA regions.