Family: Fabaceae
Psoralea pinnata
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 762 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: African scurf-pea, bloukeur.
Description:
Erect shrub, 1.5-3 m high, with a stout woody stem, densely leafy towards the ends of the branches; leaves congested, pinnate, 3-5 cm long, with 3-5 pairs of leaflets; leaflets narrow-linear, channelled above, 20-30 x 1-2 mm, strigose-pubescent on both surfaces; stipules lanceolate, c. 5 mm, almost free.
Flowers on short pedicels, in axillary clusters not exceeding the leaves at the ends of the branchlets; calyx c. 8 mm long, strigose-pubescent, teeth shorter or longer than the tube; standard c. 15 x 7-10 mm, whitish with clear blue in the upper part; wings white, shorter; keel shortest, with a dull blue tip.
Pod enclosed, ovate, c. 4 mm long, blackish, rough-textured; seed brown, shiny.
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Image source: fig. 322 in J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken Ed. 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Kidd (1950) Wild flowers of the Cape Peninsula, pl. 81.
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: KI, SE. W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.;. New Zealand; native to South Africa.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Dec. — Jan.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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