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Aspalathus frankenioides

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Identification
Isotype of Aspalathus frankenioides DC. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Dahlgren, R.,
Related name
  • Aspalathus albanensis
  • Aspalathus frankenioides
  • Aspalathus ericifolia
  • Aspalathus intermedia
  • Aspalathus thymifolia
  • Aspalathus leptothria
  • Aspalathus hiatuum
  • Aspalathus tomentosa

Flora

Entry for ASPALATHUS thymifolia Linn. [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 thymifolia Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Sp. p. 1000;—Benth.! l. c. p. 617. E. Mey. Comm. p. 57.
ASPALATHUS hispida Thunb. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Fl. Cap. p. 579, ex parte. E. & Z.! No. 1413.
ASPALATHUS frankenioides E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! 1416, non DC.
ASPALATHUS multiflora Sieb. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], No. 49, 163. Zey.! 2330, 431.
Information
branches thinly tomentose; leaves tufted, short, linear-filiform, blunt, glabrous or pubescent, the floral shorter than or nearly equalling the calyx tube; flowers solitary, sessile, lateral; calyx pubescent, its segments subulate, as long as the tube or shorter; vexillum pubescent; alæ much shorter than the glabrous or pubescent carina; ovary 2-ovuled; legume obliquely ovate, acute, downy, longer than the calyx. A spreading or prostrate, very much-branched, and ramulose rigid shrub; stems 3–4 feet long; branches spreading or divaricate. Leaves 1–2 lines long or shorter. Calyx teeth sometimes very short, rarely equalling the tube. Flowers among the smallest in the genus, 2 lines long, slender, with a reflexed vexillum and projecting carina. Legume 1 1/2 line long, 1 line wide, compressed.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Very abundant on dry hills and by roadsides throughout the western districts. Vars. β. and γ. in Uitenhage and Albany. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

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