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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hedysarum L., Sp. Pl. 745-751 (1753)
Description
Annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs or rarely shrubs. Lvs imparipinnate, stipulate; leaflets entire, with lateral veins not reaching the margin. Infl. axillary, racemose or capitate, bracteate. Calyx teeth 5, subequal. Corolla red-purple, pink, yellow or white. Vexillary stamen free, remainder connate; anthers uniform. Style abruptly inflexed above staminal tube; stigma terminal. Pod lomentaceous, compressed, indehiscent, smooth or spinous; seeds 1 per segment, reniform, estrophiolate.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
