Alysicarpus nummularifolius DC.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Alysicarpus nummularifolius DC.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Perennial, branched at the base, the branches slender, diffuse, glabrous or nearly so," spreading or ascending, 5 cm.-6 dm. long. '"Stipules scarious, striate, lanceolate, acuminate, 4-6 mm. long; petioles very slender, 1 cm. long or less; leaves glabrous, or sparingly pubescent, the lower orbicular to oval, 5-12 mm. long, the upper oblong to lanceolate, 1-3.5 cm. long; racemes 1-3 cm. long; pedicels very short, pubescent; calyx 4-5 mm. long; corolla little longer than the calyx; loment 1-2 cm. long, its puberulent or glabrous joints truncat slightly wrinkled.

  • Distribution

    Waste places, New Providence, near Nassau : West Indies. Native of southern Asia. False Moxeywort.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| West Indies| Asia|