Fabaceae
Psoralea

Psoralea glabra E.Mey.

First published in Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 83 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mozambique to E. Cape Prov. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Woody herb or subshrub 0.6–1.5 m tall; branches striate, glabrous or with a few short hairs on youngest parts.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 5–9-foliolate; leaflets 10–25 × 0.7–1.1 mm, linear, apiculate, glabrous, gland-dotted; stipules 1–2 × c. 0.5 mm, lanceolate, acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Peduncles 1–2 cm long, 1-flowered, fasciculate, 1–4 together, axillary in upper leaves and terminal, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; 2 bracts at apex united to form a cup around the peduncle, 2.5 mm long, triangular; pedicels 2–3 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tube 3–4.5 mm long, ribbed and gland-dotted; lobes (1)2–4.5 × 1.2–2 mm, ovate-triangular, subequal; tube and lobes sometimes densely dark pubescent within and appearing ciliate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard blue, 10–12 × 9–11 mm, obovate with claw 2 mm long; wings 9 × 3 mm, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate; keel dark blue-purple at apex, 5 × 2.8 mm, claw 5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Vexillary filament free.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 1.3 mm long; style straight for 6 mm then curved upwards for 2.5 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 5 × 2.5 mm, ± oblong, wrinkled.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seed dark brown, 4.2 × 2.2 mm, oblong-reniform; hilum 1.2 mm long.
[FZ]

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: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0