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Cardamine africana

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Identification
Cardamine africana L. [family CRUCIFERAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Nasturtium barbareifolium
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  • Cardamine jamesonii

Flora

Entry for CARDAMINE africana Lin. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 19, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
CARDAMINE africana Lin. [family CRUCIFERAE], Sp. 914;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 151. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 497. E. & Z.! 29.
CARDAMINE Auteniquana Burch. [family CRUCIFERAE], in DC. l. c.
Information
leaves glabrous, or sparsely hispid on the upper surface, ternate, the leaflets petiolulate, ovate, acuminate, toothed; pods linear. Root perpendicular, long. Stem decumbent or erect, 1/2–1 foot high. Leaves on long petioles; leaflets an inch long, or sometimes 2 inches, ovate, acute or acuminate, the side ones oblique at base, the terminal mostly a little larger, equal and cordate or obtuse at base. Racemes 6–12-flowered. Fl. small, white. Pods smooth, 12–15 lines long, a line wide; pedicels erectopatent, 3–6 lines long. It occurs either with glabrous leaves, or with leaves hairy at both sides and ciliolate, or at least sparsely pilose on the upper surface; the smooth form is C. africana, DC.; the hairy one is C. auteniquana, Burch.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In woods. Grootvadersbosch, Thunberg! Zeyher! Waterfall, on the Devil's Mount, Capetown, Ecklon, Drege, &c. June—Sep. (Herb. Thunb., Sond., T.C.D.)

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