PlantNET Home DONATE TODAY | PlantNET Home | Search NSW Flora | Contact Us  
FloraOnline
Introduction
Plant Name Search
Index Search
Spatial Search
Identification Keys
Classification
Glossary
WeedAlert
Telopea Journal
Other Data Sources
NEW SOUTH WALES FLORA ONLINE Printable Page

Genus Neonotonia Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae

Description: Perennial twining or trailing herbs.

Leaves alternate, pinnately 3-foliolate; terminal leaflet usually largest; stipules small; stipels small, caducous.

Inflorescences axillary, racemose; flowers in clusters of 3 or more; bracts lanceolate to linear; bracteoles mostly linear. Calyx 4- or 5-toothed, the 2 upper teeth joined for the most of their length. Petals clawed; standard ± circular, larger than other petals; wings and keel ± oblong. Stamens diadelphous, 1 filament partly free; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, with 3–12 ovules; style ± upcurved; stigma small.

Pods oblong to linear, ± compressed, ± septate between seeds, dehiscent; seeds reniform to 4-angular; aril absent, caruncle small, flap-like.


Distribution and occurrence: World: 1 sp., India to Afr. Aust.: 1 sp. (naturalized), Qld, N.S.W.

Text by G.J. Harden
Taxon concept:

One species in NSW: Neonotonia wightii

  Privacy | Copyright | Disclaimer | About PlantNET | Cite PlantNET