Alysicarpus ovalifolius
Diagnostic 3
"A decumbent-ascending or prostrate perennial herb with glabrous branches, 30-90 cm tall. Leaves simple, variable in size and shape on a single plant, 0.7-4 cm long and 0.7-1.5 cm wide, broadly to narrowly oblong or obovate, base subcordate or truncate, apex acute or emarginate, usually hairy; petioles 0.3-1.4 cm long; stipules to 1.2 cm long. Flowers small, red or pinkish-yellow, borne in pairs subtended by a stipule -like bract, in lax, downy, axillary or terminal racemes to 5 cm long. Fruits (pods) nearly round or cylindrical, upto 2.5 cm long, 6-9 jointed; seeds smooth, brownish-yellow, 2 mm in diam."
Sources and Credits
- (c) Chiau-Bun Ong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/chiaubun/49245676/
- (c) Sunnetchan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Sunnetchan
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26341358
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
- 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
- 植物和名−学名インデックス YList
