Macroptilium lathyroides |
Macroptilium atropurpureum |
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one-leaf clover, wild bushbean |
conchito, purple bush-bean |
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Habit | Herbs, biennial; root elongate. | |
Stems | erect or semierect, with hollow pith, glabrescent. |
twining, solid, sericeous. |
Leaves | stipules retrorse, lanceolate, 42–60 × 8–15 mm; petiole 1.8–4.5 cm, glabrescent; rachis 5–11 mm; stipels linear, 1–1.8 mm; leaflets membranous, blades ovate, elliptic, or oblong, base attenuate, apex acute, surfaces strigulose abaxially, glabrescent adaxially; lateral blades 2–4.5 × 0.6–2 cm, terminal blades 2–5.5 × 0.6–4 cm. |
stipules retrorse, lanceolate or ovate, 5–6 × 1.8–2 mm; petiole 3.5–8 cm, canescent; rachis 5–8 mm; stipels linear, 1.2–2.5 mm; leaflets papery, blades elliptic or ovate, base cuneate or obtuse, apex acute, surfaces often canescent abaxially, strigose adaxially; lateral blades 3.3–4 × 2.7–3.3 cm, 2-lobed, terminal blades often hastate, 4.5–4.7 × 3–4.3 cm. |
Inflorescences | 19–46 cm, axes glabrous; tufts of bracts at base of peduncle persistent, 3.3–6.3(–7.5) mm, triangular, puberulent; extrafloral nectaries conspicuous at nodes; bracts and bracteoles subulate. |
26–36 cm, axes pilose; tufts of bracts at base of peduncle persistent, 5.5 mm, lanceolate, canescent; extrafloral nectaries conspicuous at nodes; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate or subulate. |
Pedicels | 0.8–1.9 mm. |
1–2 mm. |
Flowers | 2–2.6 cm; calyx tubular, 3–7 mm, strigose or glabrescent, calyx lobes shorter than tube; corolla red; banner oblong, 9.5–15 × 8–9 mm; wings oblong, 11.5–26 × 6.5(–12) mm; keel 9–16 mm; ovary nectary disc distally oblique; ovules 24. |
1.7–3 cm; calyx campanulate, 6.2–8 mm, canescent, calyx lobes shorter than tube; corolla purple-black; banner oblong, 13–17 × 9–10.4 mm; wings obovate, 13–24 × 8–14.3 mm; keel 9–16 mm; ovary nectary disc distally oblique; ovules 13. |
Legumes | patent, linear, 9.5–10.5 × 0.2–0.3 cm. |
patent, linear, 7–10 × 0.3–0.4 cm, valves twisting at dehiscence. |
Seeds | 15–20, oblong, 2.5–4.4 × 2.5 mm, valves twisting at dehiscence. |
12 or 13, oblong, 3.5–5.2 × 2–3.2 mm. |
Vines | , perennial; root elongate. |
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2n | = 22. |
= 22. |
Macroptilium lathyroides |
Macroptilium atropurpureum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Nov. | Flowering Mar–Sep. |
Habitat | Disturbed sites, flat pinelands, oak forests, grassy sandy fields. | introduced in tropical areas nearly worldwide.. |
Elevation | 0–20 m. (0–100 ft.) | 10–1200 m. (0–3900 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; GA; LA; SC; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Asia, Africa, Australia]
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AZ; CA; FL; MS; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; West Indies; South America (n Argentina); introduced in tropical areas nearly worldwide
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Discussion | Macroptilium lathyroides is relatively common throughout central and southern peninsular Florida; other occurrences in the flora area are mainly in the Coastal Plain. A report of M. lathyroides as a nursery weed in Texas (J. Aplaca 2012) has not been confirmed. Lotus maritimus Vellozo is an illegitimate name that pertains here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Macroptilium | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Macroptilium |
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Synonyms | Phaseolus lathyroides, M. lathyroides var. semierectum, P. crotalarioides, P. hastifolius, P. maritimus, P. psoraleoides, P. semierectus var. angustifolius, P. semierectus var. nanus | Phaseolus atropurpureus, P. atropurpureus var. canescens, P. atropurpureus var. pseuderythroloma, P. atropurpureus var. sericeus, P. canescens, P. dysophyllus, P. schiedeanus |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Urban: Symb. Antill. 9: 457. (1928) | (de Candolle) Urban: Symb. Antill. 9: 457. (1928) |
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