Humularia kassneri (De Wild.) P.A.Duvign.

Leguminosae, B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:6. 2000

Morphology General Habit

Subshrub 0.8–0.9 m tall.

Morphology Stem

Stems erect, densely covered with glandular hairs.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 6–14(18)-foliolate; leaflets 7–18 × 5–9 mm, obliquely elliptic, obtuse to truncate at the apex, obliquely cuneate at the base, glabrous to hairy on upper surface, hairy beneath, the hairs appressed and tubercular-based, the margins ciliate with longer but similar hairs, the main nerve oblique, with 4–5 other main basal nerves; venation reticulate; petiole 5–12 mm long; rhachis 1–6 cm long, both with similar indumentum to the stems, the rhachis prolonged beyond the terminal leaflets as a bristle 1.5 mm long; stipules 5–10 × 4–7 mm, ovate, obtuse at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, hairy outside and glabrous inside, long ciliate, eventually deciduous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences mostly on branches with reduced leaves, 10–15 mm long, densely to loosely strobilate, hairy; peduncle 5 mm long, hairy; pedicels 1.5 mm long; bracts 5–7.5 × 8–14 mm, rounded, divided for about one-third to half of their length into ovate lobes, pubescent on one or both sides with tubercular-based glandular hairs, ciliate-denticulate with similar hairs; bracteoles (2)4–6 × 0.5–1.5 mm, lanceolate, ciliate.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx lobes 8–9 mm long, the upper broadly lanceolate, shortly but distinctly 3-fid, the lower oblong-elliptic, ± entire.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Standard orange, 10–12 × 4.5–8 mm, oblong with a very slight waist.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit of 1 article, 5 mm long and wide, glandular and densely hairy.

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence