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Aeschynomene americana L. var. americana

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 30-90 mm long, 5-7 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, without glands. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile) (?). Bracteoles present and persistent. Corolla uniformly coloured, mauve. Fruit indehiscent and not splitting into sections, 40 mm long, 20 mm wide, stipitate, constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, glabrous. Flowers in April, May and July. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte and Central Kimberley IBRA regions.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 17 April 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.