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Spartium

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Spartium

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs.

Stems: Branches green, slender, flexible, long, few–leaved.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple, scale-like. Alternate. Surfaces green. Short-petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers numerous in terminal racemes. Flowers papilionaceous. Bracteoles present. Calyx spathaceous, split along upper side, minutely 5-toothed. Corolla yellow, wing petals distinct, shorter than keel, keel obtuse, curved upward. Stamens 10, connate into a tube. Ovary superior; ovules numerous.

Fruit: Pods linear; dehiscent; subseptate between the seeds. Seeds numerous; with a collar-like rim–aril.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (1)

Spartium junceum L.

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 708 (1753)

Occurrences

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