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Aspalathus laricifolia

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Identification
Isotype of Aspalathus neanthes Eckl.&Zeyh. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Steinhof, M., Aspalathus laricifolia Not on sheet. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Genista indet.
  • Aspalathus laricifolia
  • Aspalathus neanthes
  • Aspalathus canescens
  • Aspalathus spinosa
  • Aspalathus sericantha

Flora

Entry for ASPALATHUS laricifolia Berg. [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 laricifolia Berg. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Pl. Cap. p. 204. non Lam.;—Benth.! l. c. p. 625. E. & Z.! No. 1452.
ASPALATHUS laricina DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Prod. 2. p. 141.
ASPALATHUS genistoides E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! No. 1453. Zey.! 2358.
Information
leaves densely tufted, short, terete-subulate, mucronate, glabrescent; flowers solitary, lateral; calyx widely campanulate, villous, with subulate-acuminate teeth, shorter than the tube; vexillum pubescent, longer than the glabrous or villous carina; legume obliquely lanceolate, subacute, turgid, very villous. A much branched, ramuliferous, spreading bush; branchlets 3–12 inches long, shortly tomentose. Leaves 3–4 lines long, glabrous or minutely downy, especially the younger. Flowers yellow, very numerous, toward the ends of the branches. This plant is only known from A. canescens by its green, not canescent leaves. I venture to reduce Meyer's A. sericantha, which differs by a very inconstant character: glabrous and pubescent carinæ occur indifferently in many species.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Hills near Capetown, and throughout the western districts, common. Var. β. in the eastern districts, Caffraria and Port Natal. (Herb. Bth., Th., H., D., Sd.)

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