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Aspalathus leptophylla

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Name

Identification
Aspalathus uniflora L. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet., Isotype of Aspalathus leptophylla Eckl.&Zeyh. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Steinhof, M.,
Related name
  • Aspalathus uniflora
  • Aspalathus leptophylla

Flora

Entry for ASPALATHUS leptophylla E. & Z. [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 leptophylla E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! 1482;—Benth.! l. c. p. 31.
ASPALATHUS laricifolia Lam. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], non Berg.
ASPALATHUS verrucosa [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], litt. b. & c. E. Mey.!
Information
branches rigid, spine-tipped, the leaf-tubercle sharply spiniferous; leaves setaceo-filiform, mucronulate, subglabrous; flowers solitary or in pairs, shortly pedicellate; calyx pubescent, widely campanulate, with lanceolato-subulate teeth as long as the tube; vexillum villous, carina glabrous, strongly arched and beaked; stigma obliquely decurrent; legumes obliquely lanceolate, villous. Very like A. Willdenowiana, from which it is known by its sharply-aculeate leaf-tubercles and decurrent stigma. Branches reddish yellow, shining; leaves pale, 3/4 inch long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Hills and mountain sides, Tulbagh, E. & Z.! The Paarl and Dutoitskloof, Drege! Alexander Prior! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

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