Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC.

Perennial, climbing or prostrate; stem glabrous to pubescent. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 6-20 mm long; leaflets 1.0-2.5 cm long and broad, rhomboid-ovate or rhomboid-obovate, mostly acute apiculate, pubescent above, pubescent on the veins and glandular punctate below, glands orange to black; stipules up to 3.5 mm long. Inflorescence a lax axillary raceme. Pedicel very short. Calyx 3.5-4.5 mm long, pubescent, teeth longer than the tube. Corolla yellow. Vexillum 5-6 mm long, pubescent externally. Fruit 1.2-2 cm long, 6-6.5 mm broad, glabrous, 2-seeded.

Arrica, W. Asia, Himalaya, India, Ceylon, S.E. Asia, China, Malaysia, tropical America.

Distribution: Pakistan; India; Ceylon; Lower Burma; Tropical Africa; West Indies; U.S.A; Australia.

1800-1900 m

Fl.Per.: January-March.

Chile Central

Perennial, Herbs, Vines, twining, climbing, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules green, triangulate to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 3, Leaves glandular punctate or gland-dotted, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracts hairy, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx gland-dotted or with glandular spot, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals orange or yellow, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel abruptly curved, or spirally coiled, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Keel petals fused on sides or at tip, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Style hairy, Style persistent in fruit, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit strongly curved, falcate, bent, or lunate, Fruit exserted from caly x, Fruit beaked, Fruit hairy, Fruit 2-seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.

Rhynchosia minima is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names least snout-bean, burn-mouth-vine, and jumby-bean. It can be found on every continent. It is naturalized in Hawaii.

This perennial herb has twining or trailing stems which can reach 1.2 meters in length. The leaves are made up of three leaflets measuring up to 3 to 3.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a raceme of up to 15 flowers. The flowers are yellow with purple or brown veining and measure up to 8 millimeters long. The fruit is one or two centimeters long.

This common plant is used as animal forage.

Rhynchosia minima là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Đậu. Loài này được (L.) DC. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên.

小鹿藿（学名：Rhynchosia minima）为豆科鹿霍属下的一个种。