Tampa Prairie Clover

Kuhnistera adenopoda (B. L. Robinson) Rydberg, sp. nov
Petalostemon corymbosum adenopodum B. L. Robinson, MS. in herb.
A perennial; stem corymbosely branched above, glabrous, reddish-brown, angled and striate, conspicuously glandular; leaves 1-2 cm. long, spreading; stipules minute, subulate; rachis conspicuously glandular-dotted; leaflets mostly 5, oblong to obovate, 5-10 mm. long, with more or less involute margins, glabrous, conspicuously glandular dotted beneath; bracts and flowers as in preceding species.
Type collected at Tampa, Florida, October, 1877, A. P. Garber (Gray Herbarium).
Distribution: Tampa Bay region of Florida.

Perennial, Herbs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems less than 1 m tall, Plants gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 3, Leaflets 5-9, Leaves glandular punctate or gland-dotted, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Inflorescences spikes or spike-like, Inflorescences globose heads, capitate or subcapitate, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracts hairy, Bracteoles present, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Petals clawed, Petals white, Banner petal narrow or oblanceolate, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Fertile stamens 5, Stamens monadelphous, united below, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit enclosed in calyx, Fruit hairy, Fruit 1-seeded, Seeds reniform, Seeds cordiform, mit-shaped, notched at one end, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.