Buchenroedera spicataHarv. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Lotononis harveyiB.-E.van Wyk [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by van Wyk, B-E,
Related name
Lotononis harveyi
Buchenroedera spicata
Flora
Entry for BUCHENROEDERA spicata 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).
loosely silky and silvery, virgate; leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute; spikes cylindrical, densely many flowered, the lanceolate bracts equalling the calyx; all the petals villous; calyx teeth acuminate; legume densely villous. Chiefly branched near the base, 1 1/2 feet high, the branches long, rodlike, ending in a dense spike of white flowers, slightly tinged with greenish-yellow. Whole plant silvery, with long, soft and loose hairs. Leaflets 3–4 lines long, 1 line broad, acute at each end. Stipules similar to the leaflets and nearly as long, longer than the petiole, erect. Bracts broader than the leaflets, but similar in shape. Spikes 2–3 inches long. Calyx teeth lanceolate.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sides of the Winterberg, among rocks and long grass, Mrs. F. W. Barber! 43. (Herb. T.C.D.)