Aeschynomene villosa Poir.

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 30-35 mm long, hairy, with gland-tipped hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, leaflets 23-33, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 10-12 mm long, without glands, ribless. Bracteoles present and persistent, 1-3 mm long, glabrous, striate. Calyx 2.5-3 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla multicoloured, mostly yellow, pink or purple, with some yellow, pink or purple spots, streaks or blotches; claws absent; standard 4-5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 3-4 mm long, not auriculate, keel 3-5 mm long, not beaked, glabrous. Stamens ten. Fruit indehiscent and not splitting into sections, 16 mm long, 4 mm wide, stipitate, constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with glandular hairs, not beaked. Flowers in June. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA regions.