Comesperma integerrimum Endl. APNI*
Description: Climber with stems 1–2 m long, sparsely branched; stems ridged with appressed hairs between ridges.
Leaves oblanceolate, 8–30 mm long, thick, often reduced or caducous.
Racemes terminal, 5–7 mm long on short side branches; pedicels c. 3.5 mm long. Flowers 5–8 mm long, greenish yellow. Outer sepals 2–2.5 mm long, c. a third as long as wing sepals; wing sepals up to 6 mm long, clawed. Lateral petals spathulate, longer than keel; keel pouched with 2 lateral lobes.
Fruit long-cuneate, 20–30 mm long.
Flowering: October
Distribution and occurrence: Generally grows in mallee communities on red sandy soil, in the West Wyalong to Ivanhoe areas.
NSW subdivisions: CWS, SWP
Other Australian states: W.A.
Text by L. Murray Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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