Arachis pintoi
(Pinto peanut)
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FAMILY |
Fabaceae |
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Species |
Arachis pintoi |
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Common name |
Pinto peanut |
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Flower colour; life form |
Flowers yellow; herb |
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Campus |
Cairns, Townsville |
Description
This small prostrate herb forms a good ground cover. The compound leaves have 2 pairs of leaflets, the terminal pair are larger than the lower pair. Flowers on a long pedicel, petals yellow, the standard or back petal is orbicular, 2 cm wide, stamens 10, filaments fused; pod is buried in the soil.
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