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Aspalathus biflora

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Identification
Isotype of Aspalathus biflora E.Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by R.Dn.,
Related name
  • Aspalathus nudiflora
  • Aspalathus divaricata
  • Aspalathus rubro-fusca
  • Aspalathus sp.
  • Aspalathus biflora
  • Aspalathus pedunculata
  • Aspalathus subinermis

Flora

Entry for ASPALATHUS pedunculata l'Her. [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 pedunculata l'Her. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Sert. Angl. t. 26;—Benth. l. c. p. 654. Bot. Mag. t. 344.
ASPALATHUS squarrosa Thunb. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Hb. Upsal (A. squamosa, Fl. Cap. p. 581).
ASPALATHUS biflora E. Mey.? [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Comm. p. 64.
Acropodium suffruticosum Desv. [family ]
Information
diffuse or ascending, slender, glabrous or nearly so; leaves tufted, rarely ternate, linear-filiform, subterete, acute; peduncles 1–3 flowered, with setaceous bracts; calyx-teeth subulate, about as long as the turbinate tube; ovary sessile, 6-ovuled; legume lanceolate. More erect and stronger than A. capillaris, with narrower and less acute leaves, and frequently 2–3 flowered peduncles. It is known from the two following species by its sessile ovary and 6-ovules. Leaves 1/2– 3/4 inch long. Peduncles 1–1 1/2 inch long. Flowers 4–5 lines long, yellow; the broad vexillum thinly silky.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Groenekloof, Dr. Pappe. (Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sd.)

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