Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Erect to prostrate subshrub, many-branched from a woody base; branches to 30 cm long. Leaflets 0.7-2 x 0.2-0.5 cm, elliptic, chartaceous, glabrous or puberulent, the veins ascending, prominent and whitish on lower surface, the apex mucronulate, obtuse to acute, the base acute to obtuse, slightly asymmetric, the margins denticulate, ciliate; petioles 3-8 mm long; stipules to 9 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary at ends of condensed short branches. Calyx bell-shaped, 3-4 mm long; corolla yellow, the standard 4-5 mm long, rounded, clawed, the wings and keel slightly shorter than the standard. Legume of 2 articles, 5-7 mm long, the apex hooked. Seeds ca. 2 mm long, flattened, oblong-elliptic.

  • Discussion

    Common names: donkey weed, mother sea gel.

  • Distribution

    A weed commonly found in open disturbed areas. East End (A2778), Lind Point (A2303). Also on Anegada, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda; throughout the West Indies and from Mexico to northern South America.

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