Chaetocalyx scandens (L.) Urb.
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Authority
Rudd, Velva E. 1958. Revision of Genus Chaetocalyx. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 32: 207-245.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Stems, leaf rachis, and floral axis glabrous to densely pubescent, and usually beset with glandular setae; stipules deltoid to lanceate, 2-5 mm. long, 1-2 mm. wide at the base, acute to attenuate, entire to glandular-denticulate or laciniate, glabrous to pubescent; leaves 5-foliolate, the rachis 2-10 cm. long; leaflets 10-50 mm. long, 5-25 mm. wide, elliptical to obovate, obtuse or retuse, mucronulate, rounded to cuneate at the base, glabrous to densely pubescent; inflorescences axillary, racemose, often fasciculate, or the flowers solitary, the bracts stipule-like but usually slightly smaller, the pedicels 8-30 mm. long; flowers 12-22 mm. long; standard petal pubescent on the outer face; calyx campanulate, essentially symmetrical, 6-10 mm. long, glabrous to pubescent, usually beset with a few glandular setae, the tube 3-8 mm. long, 3-4 mm. in diameter, the teeth lanceate or deltoid-acute, sometimes subulate, rarely obtuse, usually unequal in length, the two teeth opposite the standard 3-7 mm. long, the others 2-5 mm. long; filaments glabrous; fruit subterete, attenuate, sessile, about 7-12-articulate, longitudinally striate, pubescent to subglabrous, sometimes glandular-setose, the articles about 8-10 mm. long, 1-2 mm. in diameter; seeds dark reddish brown, 5-6 mm. long and about 1 mm. in diameter.