生活型

herb

形態特徵

• A trailing herb; stems slender, filiform, internodes elongate, covered with long spreading hairs.
• Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets oblong-elliptic or obovate-oblong, 5–18 mm long, 3–10 mm wide, the apex rounded, emarginate, the upper surface glabrous, the lower surface pubescent; petioles 1 cm long; stipules lanceolate, 5 mm long, 2 mm wide.
• Flowers rather small, 5–6 mm long, axillary, solitary or in loose pseudoracemes; pedicels 1.2–1.5 cm long, covered with hairs; calyx hairy; corolla pink.
• Pods 4–6-jointed, the joints flat, 1.6–2 cm long, 3 mm wide, dorsal suture continuous, the ventral constricted.

分布

• 台灣 : Always in wet and open place, including paddy field, grassland, wasteland and roadside, at elevation below 300 m high, throughout the island.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Taipei, Huang 1365. HSINCHU: Lienhua Temple, Huang & Huang 12694; Wanli, Huang 13143. NANTOU: Lienhuachih, Huang 1973. PINGTUNG: Chiupeng, Ohashi et al. 14326; Soka, Huang & Huang 14048.

參考文獻

• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang, Taiwania 32(1): 11-118. 1987.
• Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 3: 255. .  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)