Photo of Neptunia lutea (yellow-puff)
Neptunia lutea- yellow-puff - It is an herbaceous plant in the legume family. It is a trailing, vine-like perennial. Its stems are covered with soft spines.The sprawling stems of this plant branch frequently, with each branch growing as long as 5 ft. Leaves are alternate and stalked, bipinnate, looking much like tiny fern fronds. The flowers are tiny and arranged in a slightly elongated, congested bundle (inflorescence) containing 30-60 flowers each. The unopened bud clusters look much like green bramble fruits. Each individual flower has five minute petals and ten stamens. When the flowers open, the inflorescence looks like a puffy yellow ball, with usually only the long yellow stamens visible. The inflorescence rests solitary at the end of a slender stalk. Family : Fabaceae
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