Compilation
Aspalathus subtingens

17 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Aspalathus lactea Thunb. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Aspalathus subtingens Eckl.&Zeyh. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Aspalathus iniquua
  • Aspalathus lactea
  • Aspalathus rubescens
  • Aspalathus adelphea
  • Aspalathus subtingens

Flora

Entry for ASPALATHUS adelphea 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 adelphea E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! 1442;—Benth.! l. c. p. 641.
ASPALATHUS iniqua E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! 1443.
ASPALATHUS subtingens E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! 1441.
ASPALATHUS rubescens E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! 1444. Zey.! 755, 2352, 2351, 2353.
Information
branches tomentulose; leaves tufted, linear-terete, fleshy, obtuse, glabrous; flowers solitary or in pairs, shortly pedicellate; calyx glabrous, with very short, obtuse teeth; petals glabrous, the alæ shorter than the arched carina; ovary 2-ovuled; legume obliquely lanceolate, glabrous, several times as long as the calyx. A densely-branched, ramuliferous, leafy bush; the upper branches studded with small, reddish-yellow or rufescent flowers, of about the same size as in A. sanguinea, but on shorter pedicels. Leaves 1 1/2–3 lines long, closely set, spreading. Legume 4 lines long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Hills and dry ground. Uitenhage District, in several places, E. & Z.! Bowie, Burchell, &c. (Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Related Materials