Corchorus pumilio Benth.

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 8-30 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 9-11 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 1 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx 3.7 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, stellate hairs present, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, 5 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 3-3.2 mm long; anthers 0.5 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time May, June or September. Distribution Botanical Province Northern or Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Great Sandy Desert, Victoria Bonaparte, Central Kimberley, Dampierland and Ord-Victorian-Plain.