Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Moparia repens (Eastwood) Britton & Rose
Caesalpinia repens JCastwood, Zoe 4: 116. 1893. Hoffmanseggia repens Cockerell, Muhlenbergia 4: 6.8. 190S.
Caespitose, 9-13 cm. high. Stipules ovate, scarious; pinnae 5-7, approximate, 1-2 cm. long; leaflets 4-7 pairs, oblong, obtuse, appressedpubescent, 5-7 mm. long; inflorescence longer than the leaves, few-flowered; pedicels 2-6 mm. long; calyx-lobes narrowly oblonglanceolate, pubescent, about 8 mm. long; petals 8-12 mm. long, tapering into a short claw; stamens about as long as the petals; legume puberulent, 2-3.5 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. broad, scarcely oblique, strongly irregularly transversely veined.
Typic uoc.LrrY: Court House Wash, near Moab. southeastern I'tah. Distribution: Southern Utah. Ii.I,USTR.TroN: Eastwood, loc. cit. pi. 2(i.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Physical Description
provided by USDA PLANTS text
Perennial, Herbs, Plants with rhizomes or suckers, Taproot present, Stems very short, acaulescent or subacaulescent, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules membranous or chartaceous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Stipels present at base of leaflets, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glandular punctate or gland-dotted, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence leaf-opposed, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx gland-dotted or with glandular spot, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Petals orange or yellow, Stamens 9-10, Stamens completely free, separate, Filaments glabrous, Fila ments hairy, villous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit hairy, Fruit 1-seeded, Fruit 2-seeded, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
