Pomaria lactea
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23 Mar 2008
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23 Mar 2008
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23 Mar 2008
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Full name: | Pomaria lactea (Schinz) B.B.Simpson & G.P.Lewis |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Hoffmannseggia lactea (Schinz) Schinz Hoffmannseggia sandersonii var. lactea Schinz Hoffmannseggia pearsonii E.Phillips |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Low much-branched shrub up to 50 cm high. Stems densely appressed-pubescent with whitish hairs, plumose setae very few or absent; dark glands present and very conspicuous on stems, leaves, inflorescences, calyces and pods. Stipules up to 6 x 2 mm, laciniate, often rigid and persistent. Leaves: petiole and rhachis glabrous to appressed-or spreading-pubescent, setae, if present, not plumose; petiole 0.3-2.3 cm long, often persisting as a rigid subspine after the fall of the rest of the leaf; rhachis (excluding terminal pinna) 0.3-3.8 cm long; pinnae (1)2-5 pairs; rhachides of lateral pinnae (0.3)0.6-1.8 cm long, with 3-7 pairs of leaflets; rhachides of terminal pinna 0.4-2.4 cm long, with 4-6 pairs of leaflets; leaflets 3-8 x 1-3 mm, oblong to elliptic-oblong, glabrous. Inflorescence (including peduncle) up to 21 cm long; pedicels up to 3 mm long in flower; bracts up to 5 x 2 mm, laciniate, deciduous before the buds open. Calyx with a very short tube, lobes 5, unequal, the lower lobe up to 7 x 3 mm, the up ... (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Southern Africa) Low much-branched shrub up to 50 cm high. Stems densely appressed pubescent with whitish hairs, plumose setae very few or absent; dark glands present and very conspicuous on stems, leaves, inflorescences, calyces and pods. Leaves: petiole and rachis glabrous to appressed or spreading pubescent, setae, if present, not plumose; petiole 0.3–2.3 cm long, often persisting as a rigid subspine after the fall of the rest of the leaf; rachis (excluding terminal pinna) 0.3–3.8 cm; pinnae (1)2–5 pairs; rachides of lateral pinnae (0.3)0.6–1.8 cm long, with 3–7 pairs of leaflets; rachides of terminal pinna 0.4–2.4 cm long, with 4–6 pairs of leaflets; leaflets 3–8 × 1–3 mm, oblong to elliptic-oblong, glabrous; stipules up to 6 × 2 mm, laciniate, often rigid and persistent. Inflorescence (including peduncle) up to 21 cm long; pedicels up to 3 mm long in flower; bracts up to 5 × 2 mm, laciniate, deciduous before the buds open. Calyx with a very short tube; lobes 5, unequal, the lower lobe up to 7 × 3 mm, the upper ones up to 6 × 1 mm. Petals unequal, up to 8 × 3 mm, recorded as red, dark red, brownish-pink and purple-orange. Stamens 10; filaments alternately longer and shorter, up to 5 mm long. Ovary subsessile, up to 4 × 1 mm. Pods 2.4–3.4 × 0.7–0.9 cm, distinctly curved or falcate, pale buff with conspicuous dark glands, with a short dense indumentum interspersed with plumose setae, 3–5-seeded. Seeds 5–5.5 × 4.5–5 mm. (Flora Zambesiaca) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
