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supine bean

Habit Herbs, perennial; root turnip-shaped.
Stems

prostrate, solid, hirsute.

Leaves

stipules spreading, ovate-lanceolate, 2.3–6.2 × 1.5–2 mm;

petiole 2–5 cm, hirsute;

rachis 5–7 mm;

stipels subulate or linear, 1–2.5 mm;

leaflets leathery, blades linear, base rounded or cuneate, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces densely hispid abaxially, glabrescent adaxially;

lateral blades 3.8–4.5 × 0.9–1.1 cm, terminal blades 2.5–4.2 × 0.5–0.8 cm.

Inflorescences

11–15 cm, (cleistogamous inflorescence above soil, 3.9–6.3 mm, flowers 6 mm, corolla whitish), axes glabrous;

tufts of bracts at base of peduncle mostly caducous;

extrafloral nectaries inconspicuous at nodes;

bracts and bracteoles subulate.

Pedicels

0.6 mm.

Flowers

0.9 cm;

calyx campanulate, 2–2.3 mm, hirsute or glabrescent, calyx lobes as long as the tube or longer;

corolla red;

banner obovate, 5.3 × 5 mm;

wings oblong-ovate, 8.1–8.9 × 3.2–5.4 mm;

keel 6.2 mm;

ovary nectary disc distally even;

ovules 4.

Legumes

pendent, oblong-falcate, 1 × 0.2–0.3 cm, valves not twisting at dehiscence.

Seeds

2 or 3 (or 4), reniform, 1.7–2.3 × 1.2–3.5 mm.

Macroptilium supinum

Phenology Flowering Sep–Nov.
Habitat Slopes, grasslands.
Elevation 300–900 m. (1000–3000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; Mexico (Nayarit, Sonora)
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Discussion

In the flora area, Macroptilium supinum is found only in Pima and Santa Cruz counties (A. Delgado-Salinas and L. Torres-Colín 1995).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Macroptilium
Sibling taxa
M. atropurpureum, M. gibbosifolium, M. lathyroides
Synonyms Phaseolus supinus
Name authority (Wiggins & Rollins) A. Delgado & L. Torres-Colín: Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 66: 189. (1996)
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