Alysicarpus vaginalis
alyce clover, white moneywort
ascending or sprawling, diffuse, 20–50 cm, pubescent [puberulent].
unifoliolate;
stipules 7–20 mm;
petiole 1–2 mm;
leaflet blades: proximals usually orbiculate, broadly ovate, elliptic, or oblong, distals lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 0.5–5 × 0.3–2.5 cm, base subcordate, apex acute to emarginate and mucronulate, abaxial surface inconspicuously uncinulate-pubescent.
densely 6–20-flowered, usually terminal, racemes, 2–5(–7) cm.
1–2 mm.
calyx 5–6 mm, tube 1.5–2 mm, lobes valvate at base (separated by sinuses), narrowly triangular, 3–4 mm, acuminate;
corolla orange or lavender-pinkish, 5–6 mm (slightly longer than calyx).
dense (much crowded), internodes much shorter than loment length.
brown or yellowish brown, oblong, 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.2 mm.
subterete, oblong or linear, 10–20 × 2–3 mm, much longer than calyx, margins straight, not constricted between segments, uncinulate-puberulent;
segments 3–7(or 8), broadly oblong or quadrate, 2–3 mm, lateral surfaces reticulate, obscurely sculpted;
septa furrowed between segments with internal cross partitions inside.
= (14) 16.
Alysicarpus vaginalis
Alysicarpus vaginalis is occasionally planted for forage in the Gulf Coast states and has been documented as escaped only in southern Alabama and southern Florida.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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