Aeschynomene brevifolia
(Aeschynomene micrantha)
Fabaceae Faboideae Dalbergieae
As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens
South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Aeschynomene micrantha - Branches prostrate, straggling; shortly hairy with some stalked glands. Leaves c 3 cm long, stalk c 5 mm long, stipules broad, leaflets 3—5 pairs hairless above, prominently net-veined and slightly hairy below, oval, blunt with minute point, c 1 cm long x 5 mm wide. Inflorescences axillary, few-flowered, not much longer than leaves, axis glandular-hairy; calyx c 3 mm long, lobes pointed; corolla yellow or orange, c 7 mm long.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.
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