Alysicarpus vaginalis (L) DC.

Common Name : White moneywort
Family : Fabaceae

HABIT

A DECUMBENT SENDING OR PROSTRATE PERENNIALHERB.

STEMS

30-90 CM TALL WITH GLABROUS BRANCHES.

LEAVES

SIMPLE, VARIABLE IN SIZE AND SHAPE ON A SINGLE PLANT, 0.7-4 CM LONG AND 0.7-1.5 CM WIDE, BROADLY TO NARROWLY OBLONG OR OBOVATE, BASE SUBCORDATE OR TRUNCATE, APEX ACUTE OR EMARGINATE, USUALLY HAIRY.

FLOWERS

SMALL, RED OR PINKISH YELLOW, BORNE IN PAIRS SUBTENDED BY A STIPULE-LIKE BRACT, IN LAX, DOWNY, AXILLARY OR TERMINAL RACEMES UP TO 5 CM LONG.

FRUITS

PODS NEARLY ROUND OR CYLINDRICAL, UP TO 2.5 CM LONG, 6-9-JOINTED.

SEEDS

SMOOTH, BROWNISH-YELLOW, 2-MM IN DIAMETER.