Carmichaelia enysii Kirk
Details
Carmichaelia enysii Kirk, Gard. Chron. 1: 21, 512 (1884)
Nomenclature
Kirk
Kirk
1884
21, 512
ICN
Carmichaelia enysii Kirk
species
Carmichaelia enysii
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Carmichaelia enysii Kirk
Dwarf shrub, lfless when adult, up to c. 5 cm. tall, forming dense patches up to ± 10 cm. diam. Taproot stout, up to ± 15 mm. diam. Branches very close-set, erect; branchlets up to 25 × 1-2 mm., glab., much-compressed, finely striate. Lvs on juveniles very small, suborbicular, emarginate. Infl. of 1-2, 1-3-fld racemes on peduncles ± 5 mm. long. Fls 5 × 4 mm.; calyx 1 mm. diam., with short blunt to acute teeth; standard rather narrow, purplish with darker veins; keel greenish to purplish, auricles rounded; wings ± = keel. Ovary glab. Pods 1-(5), us. pale, on short pedicels, 6-8 × 4-5 mm., suborbicular to broad-oblong, compressed till dehiscing; replum sts incomplete; beak short, curved. Seeds 1-(3), hardly 3 mm. diam., reniform, dull black.
Taxonomic concepts
Carmichaelia enysii Kirk
Carmichaelia enysii Kirk
Metadata
568cfa4e-6638-45c9-b261-abf8ffd35c8d
scientific name
Names_Plants
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31 May 2004