Perennial herb ; up to 40 cm high , woody at base . Stems ascending to prostrate and trailing , much-branched from the base , pubescent to hispid . Leaves imparipinnate with 5-9 leaflets , grey-green ; petiole 5-6 mm ; stipules linear , pubescent ; leaflets 4-7 x 3-5 mm , obovate to obovate-oblong , margins entire , apex rounded , emarginated , apiculate , base obtuse to cuneate , appressed pubescent sericeus . Inflorescences 1-2 in the axils of upper leaves ; pedicel 1-2 mm , shortly hispid . Flowers mauve to purple ; calyx 2-3 mm , lobes 1 . 5 mm , linear , acute , the lowest lobe longest , pilose ; corolla with standard petal 5 mm , silky sericeous on the dorsal surface ; wings 3 mm ; style glabrous , 2 . 5–3 . 5 mm long , twisted , penicillate at the tip . Fruit pod , 28-30 mm , flattened , silky sericeous , beaked at the apex , valves twisting on dehiscence , 9-13-seeded . Seeds c . 2 . 5 x 2 mm . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 2) .
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Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
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Galega uniflora (Pers.) F.Dietr.
Tephrosia quartiniana Cufod. ex Greuter & Burdet
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Rock Tephrosia
In the central desert, the plant is known grazed by goats. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *https://en.wikipedia.org *Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *https://www.merriam-webster.com
