Prostrate herb. Leaf simple, entire. Flowers solitary axillary. Calyx tube short, teeth subequal, acute. Corolla exserted. Vexillum suborbicular. Keel shortly beaked. Stamens monadelphous, tube split above, anthers dimorphous. Ovary sessile, 2-ovuled, style bent, stigma terminal. Fruit oblong, flat, 1-2-seeded.

A monotypic genus, distributed in Pakistan, India and Ceylon.

Lower Taxon

• Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali

Related Synonym(s):

• Goniogyna hebecarpa DC. = Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali
• Goniogyna leiocarpa DC. = Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali
• Hallia hirta Willd. = Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali
• Heylandia hebecarpa DC. = Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali
• Heylandia letebrosa auct. non (Linn.) DC.: Baker = Goniogyna hirta (Willd.) Ali