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Aspalathus hystrix

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Name

Identification
Aspalathus hystrix Eckl. & Zeyh. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Aspalathus uniflora
  • Aspalathus hystrix
  • Aspalathus acanthophylla
  • Aspalathus willdenowiana
  • Aspalathus chamissonis

Flora

Entry for ASPALATHUS hystrix Thunb. [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 hystrix Thunb. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Fl. Cap. p. 377;—Benth.! l. c. p. 621. E. Mey.! Comm. p. 51. non E. & Z.
Information
densely tomentose and canescent; leaves tufted, subulate, terete, rigid, pungent-mucronate, albo-tomentose; flowers solitary, equalling the leaves; calyx widely campanulate, softly villoso-tomentose, its teeth from broad deltoid bases shortly acicular, shorter than the tube; vexillum densely tomentose, longer than the glabrous carina; ovary 2-ovuled; legume obliquely lanceolate, densely woolly. A large bush with white or silvery, copious pubescence. Leaves about 1/2 inch long, spreading, sometimes curved, needle-pointed, rarely bluntish. Flowers 5 lines long, yellow. Legume 6–8 lines long, woolly. Tubercles under the leaves bearded.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Dry hills in Onderbokkeveld and Kendo, Drege! Ataquaskloof, Gill! also Thunberg! Masson. (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D.)

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