Tephrosia funicularis R.Butcher

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, 30-40 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 2.5-4 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 0.5-2 mm long, hairy. Calyx 2-3.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla multicoloured, mostly red, with some orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 4-5.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 4.5-5.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 4-5.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 25-35 mm long, 3-6 mm wide, stipitate, constricted between the seeds, hairy, with simple hairs. Flowers in March, May and August. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley and Central Kimberley IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).