- Taxon
- Weed
- ≡ Racosperma decurrens (Willd.) Pedley, Austrobaileya 2: 358 (1987)
Small to large tree; twigs rounded to sharply angled, ± glabrous or with few to many, sparsely distributed, very fine, appressed hairs. Lvs 2-pinnate, alternate, glabrous or with fine appressed hairs on rachis only; pinnae in (4)–5–10–(12) pairs; pinnules in (15)–20–40 pairs, widely spaced, dark green, linear, obtuse to subacute, entire, (5)–7–12–(15) × c. 0.5 mm; petiole (10)–15–30 mm long; stipules inconspicuous; solitary glands present between each pair of pinnae, usually including 1 between or below basal pair. Infl. of numerous, many-flowered, deep golden yellow, globose heads arranged in axillary, simple or compound racemes ± = lvs. Fls 5-merous, sessile. Pod glabrous, ± straight, 40–100 × 4–8 mm; aril scarcely folded, thickened to one side of seed.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Racosperma decurrens (Willd.) Pedley]