Biserrula leiocarpaHochst. ex A.Rich. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Biserrula pelecinusL. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Astragalus pelecinus
Biserrula pelecinus
Biserrula leiocarpa
Flora
Entry for BISERRULA Pelecinus Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
BISERRULA PelecinusLinn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], DC. Prod. ii. 307.
BISERRULA leiocarpaHochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 1762. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 194.
Information
Stems annual, weak, erect, branched, 4–6 in. high, the branches slender, densely grey-pubescent. Leaves short-stalked; the rachis 1–1 1/2 in. long; the leaflets in 8–12 pairs, oblanceolate, 2–3 lines long, thinly grey-silky. Flowers 1–3 together on pubescent slender erect peduncles, equalling or exceeding the leaves. Calyx a line deep, silky, the teeth linear, reaching nearly halfway down. Corolla cream-coloured, 2–2 1/2 lines deep. Pods glabrous, 3/4 in. long, 1/4 in. broad.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
Our description is taken entirely from these specimens, but we cannot distinguish the plant as a species from the well known Mediterranean one.