Aeschynomene villosa Poir.
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Authority
Rudd, Velva E. 1955. The American species of Aeschynomene. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 32: 1-172.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Stem to about 1 m. long, prostrate to weakly erect, hispid; stipules (5-) 10-15 mm. long, 1-1.5 mm. wide, subglabrous, ciliate, usually somewhat hispid at the point of attachment; leaves about 2-7 cm. long, 20-50-foliolate; leaflets 3-15 mm. long, 1-3 mm. wide; inflorescences 3-10-flowered, the peduncles and pedicels hispid like the stem, the bracts cordate, acuminate, 1.5-6 mm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, ciliate, the bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, 1-4 mm. long, 0.5-1 mm. wide, ciliate; flowers 3-9 mm. long; caryx 2-4 mm. long, hispid; standard commonly 5-7 mm. long, the claw 1-2 mm. long, the blade suborbiculate, 4-5 mm. in diameter, emarginate, entire; wings about as long as the standard, the blade 1-2 mm. wide; keel about 4-5 mm. long, the claws 1-1.5 mm. long, the blades 3-4 mm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, sometimes ciliate along the free margin; stamens 4-5 mm. long; fruit 3-7- (commonly 4-6-) seeded, the articulations distinct or sometimes lacking, the articles 2.5-3 (-4) mm. in diameter, villous-hispid, the tuberculate bases of the hairs often dark, in contrast to the otherwise straw-colored or light brown fruits, the venation inconspicuous, the margins often breaking away from the body of the articles; seeds 2-2.5 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. wide, blackish.