Aeschynomene americana L. var. americana

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.