Stylosanthes humilis Kunth
Townsville Stylo

Scientific Description

Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, 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, 10-30 mm long, hairy, 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, 8-10 mm long, without glands, ribless. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 4-5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla multicoloured, mostly yellow or orange, with some yellow or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 3-4 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 3-4 mm long, auriculate, keel 3-3.5 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 April, May, June, July and August. Occurs in the Northern and Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Carnarvon, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte, Central Kimberley, Ord-Victorian-Plain and Dampierland IBRA regions.