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Ornithopus compressus

Densely pubescent, pinnate leaf (upper surface).<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 02/11/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

In dunes at Kuku Beach, Levin, Horowhenua.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 03/11/2019, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Leaf underside. In dunes at Kuku Beach, Levin, Horowhenua.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 03/11/2019, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Leaf upper surface. In dunes at Kuku Beach, Levin, Horowhenua.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 03/11/2019, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Unripe seed pods. In dunes at Kuku Beach, Levin, Horowhenua.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 03/11/2019, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

In foredunes at Kuku Beach, Levin.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 03/11/2019, Licence: Public domain. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Yellow serradella

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Simplified description

Tap-rooted, hairy, yellow-flowered annual.

Flower colours

Yellow

Similar taxa

Other Ornithopus species but this is the most hairy

Distribution

Records in NZ from coastal north and south of Auckland, and from Horowhenua, 2017-2022

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Ornithopus

Family

Fabaceae

Authority

Ornithopus compressus L.

Endemic family

Ecology

Fruiting

Curved pods

Year naturalised

2017

Reason for introduction

Had been trialed as a fodder crop near Rotorua in 1982 but did not survive (specimen cited in Aust. Virtual Herbarium)

Tolerances

Likely to spread in sandy soils

Life cycle and dispersal

Seed

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Ogle, C. C., de Lange, P. J., Cameron, E. K., Parris, B. S., Champion, P. D. (2020). Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms and pteridophytes Naturalised or Casual in New Zealand: Additional records 2007–2019, Perspectives in Biosecurity, 5: 88

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/115995 (accessed 18 July 2022)

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