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9. Lathyrus caudatus Z. Wei & H. P. Tsui, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin. 4(1): 49. 1984.

尾叶山黧豆 wei ye shan li dou

Herbs perennial, to 120 cm tall. Stem strong, erect, branched, sparsely glandular, wingless. Leaves with simple or weakly branching tendril; stipules semisagittate, linear-lanceo­late, 12-18 × 1.5-2 mm; leaflets 4- or 5-paired, ovate-lanceo­late, 90-120 × 25-40 mm, glabrous, with 5 prominent veins, strongly caudate at apex. Raceme ca. 10 cm, many flowered. Calyx campanulate; teeth unequal, longest tooth ca. 7 mm. Corolla light yellow, 1.8-2 cm; standard orbicular, with claw; wings slightly shorter than keels. Ovary linear, glabrous, brown glandular. Legume linear, 6-8 cm, brown glandular. Seeds 8-12.

● Scrub forests; 100-200 m. Zhejiang (Jiande).

This species is known only from the type gathering.


 

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