Stylosanthes viscosa Sw.

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 10-20 mm long, hairy or glabrous, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 3-4 mm long, without glands, ribless. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 3-7 mm long, not accrescent, hairy or glabrous, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla uniformly coloured, yellow; claws present; standard 4-7 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 4-5 mm long, auriculate, keel 3-4 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, beaked. Flowers in February and March. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley and Dampierland IBRA regions.