Survey of the vascular plants of Sierra Chica, the untouched area of the Paititi Natural Reserve (southeastern Tandilia mountain range, Buenos Aires province, Argentina)
Author
Echeverría, María L.
Author
Alonso, Sara I.
Author
Comparatore, Viviana M.
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Vicia setifolia
Kunth var.
bonariensis
Burkart
Figure 23
Vicia setifolia
Kunth var.
bonariensis
Burkart (1966)
: 595
—Cabrera
Figure 24. A.
Detail of
Polygala australis
flowers.
B.
Detail of
P. australis
leaves.
C.
Detail of
P. linoides
flowers.
Figure 23.
Vicia setifolia
var.
bonariensis
.
A.
Plant.
B.
Detail of leaf and split tendril (arrow).
C.
detail of the flowers.
(1967): 595;
Flora
Argentina
(2017)
;
Tropicos (2017)
.
Vicia setifolia
Kunth (1823)
: 500
–501.
Cryptophytes, endemic to mountain ranges of
Buenos Aires province
. Vulnerable, reasons unknown (
Delucchi 2006
).
Characteristics.
Perennial rhizomatous twining herb. Stems pubescent, ascendent,
40–80 cm
high, angulate to bi-winged. Leaves pubescent, pinnately compound, with 3–5 linear-lanceolate to oblong pairs of leaflets, with a terminal tendril, split into 1–3 segments; petiole short; stipules semi-sagittate, with acute apex and a spur. Inflo- rescence: a raceme with 4–8 flowers, with blue-violet corolla and pubescent, dentate calyx. Fruit: a compressed linear legume with a recurved apex.
Comments.
This is an infrequent species in the study area. It grows in intermediate and full sunlight on slopes and in grasslands in moderately deep, moist soils. This perennial species differs from other
Vicia
species
by the presence of peduncle racemes with flowers smaller than
1.4 cm
long, and pubescent leaves with 3–5 linearlanceolate to oblong pairs of leaflets.