Acacia karooHayne [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ross, J.H., Acacia hirtellaE. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE ] Verified by J.H.,
Related name
Acacia hirtella
Acacia karoo
Acacia arabica
Flora
Entry for ACACIA hirtella E. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
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
ACACIA hirtellaE. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Comm. p. 167;—Benth. Lond. Journ. 1, p. 502.
Information
twigs, petioles, and leaflets minutely hairy; spines straight, subulate; pinnæ 6–8-jugate, with small glands; leaflets 10–15-jugate, oblong-linear; peduncles glabrescent, bracteate in the middle; legume stipitate, narrow-linear, subfalcate, flat, glabrous. I have not seen a legume; the foliage is like that of A. Arabica, β.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Between the Omcomas and Omblas, Drege! (Herb. Sd.)