Common name: Small Scurf-pea
Cullen parvum (F.Muell.) J.W.Grimes APNI* Synonyms: Psoralea parva F.Muell. APNI*
Description: perennial herb to 30 cm high with few-many stems arising from the crown of a woody taproot; stems procumbent to decumbent.
Leaves 3–12 cm long, mostly palmately 3-foliolate, sometimes 5–7-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate or elliptic, becoming lanceolate to linear-lanceolate up the stem; leaflets 0.5–3 cm long, 2–6 mm wide, apex acute, margins entire; petiole 1.7–9 cm long; stipules 2–3.2 mm long.
Inflorescence rachis 0.5–4 cm long; peduncle 5–16 cm long. Calyx 4–6.5 mm long. Corolla 5–6 mm long, blue.
Pods 2.5–3.3 mm long, white-pubescent and glandular.
Flowering: Flowers and fruits Oct–April
Distribution and occurrence: Rare species in grassland or understorey in forests on plains of Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers.
NSW subdivisions: SWS, SWP
Other Australian states: Vic. S.A.
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by G.J. Harden & L. Murray
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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