Alysicarpus zeyheriHarv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Léonard J., 1952
Related name
Alysicarpus zeyheri
Hedysarum unrecorded
Alysicarpus unrecorded
Flora
Entry for ALYSICARPUS Zeyheri Harv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ALYSICARPUS ZeyheriHarv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ;—Zey.! 463, ex pte.
Information
ascending, glabrous; leaves elliptic-oblong, the upper ones linear-oblong, all strongly netted-veined; racemes terminal, lax, interrupted; bracts broadly ovate, nearly equalling the flower, deciduous; legumes longer than the calyx, 3–4-jointed, tipped with the straight base of the style, subcompressed, downy, the articulations beadlike, smooth, (not wrinkled) or faintly subreticulate. The leaves are more rigid and much more strongly veiny than in A. Wallichii; the racemes are longer and laxer; and the legume is very different.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Aapjes River, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Sd.)