Isotype of Aspalathus acuminataLam. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Dahlgren, R.,
Related name
Aspalathus attenuata
Aspalathus pungens
Aspalathus sp.
Aspalathus acuminata
Aspalathus subinermis
Aspalathus spinescens
Flora
Entry for ASPALATHUS acuminata Lam. [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
ASPALATHUS acuminataLam. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Dict. 1. p. 287;—Benth. l. c. p. 650.
Information
divaricately much branched spinescent; leaves subfasciculate, very short, trigonous, fleshy, subobtuse or mucronate and pungent, nearly glabrous; flowers 1–3, racemulose, pedicellate; calyx turbinate, puberulous, its teeth triangular-acuminate, needle-pointed, shorter than the tube; the ovate vexillum and the arched and beaked carina silky, longer than the alæ; ovary 2-ovuled; legume obliquely lanceolate, downy-canescent. A rigid bush, with the aspect of A. pungens, from which it is at once distinguished by its short, fleshy leaves. Leaves scarcely a line long. Flowers 3 lines, yellow.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Dry ground and by way sides. About Capetown, and throughout the Cape District, common. (Herb. Bth., D., Hk., Sd.)
