Aeschynomene brasiliana (Poir.) DC.
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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 - Prostrate or decumbent herb; stems to about 1 m. long, glandularhispidulous and also crisp-pubescent; stipules ovate, acuminate, 3-4 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide at base, glandular-hispidulous, ciliolate; petiole and rachis with indument like the stem; leaves 2-3 cm. long, 8-22-foliolate; leaflets obovate-elliptic to oblong, 5-15 mm. long, 3-8 mm. wide, obtuse, mucronulate, ciliate-denticulate, the upper surface sparsely pubescent or sometimes glabrous, the lower surface sparsely pubescent, reticulate; inflorescences usually 2-4 times the length of the subtending leaf, 1-8-flowered, the pedicels and peduncles pubescent like the stem; bracts broadly ovate, acute, 1-2 mm. long, 1-1.5 mm. wide, hispidulous; bracteoles ovate, acute, 2-2.5 mm. long, about 1 mm. wide; flowers 5-8 mm. long; calyx 1.5-3 mm. long, hispidulous, ciliolate; petals yellow; standard about 6 mm. long, the claw 1-1.5 mm. long, the blade suborbiculate, about 5 mm. in diameter, pubescent on the outer face, retuse; wings and keel about as long as the standard, the wing blades about 2 mm. wide, the keel blades 1.5 mm. wide; stamens about 6 mm. long; legume 2-5-articulate, the stipe 3-5 mm. long, hispid, rarely subglabrous, the articles 2.5-3 mm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, moderately crisp-pubescent and also glandular hispidulous, occasionally 1 or more articles subglabrous; seeds about 2 mm. long, 1-1 .5 mm. wide, dark brown.