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Galega sericea

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Identification
Galega sericea Buch.-Ham. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Tephrosia purpurea ( L. ) Pers. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Galega sericea
  • Tephrosia purpurea

Flora

Entry for ARGYROLOBIUM pumilum 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
ARGYROLOBIUM pumilum E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! No. 1308;—Benth.! l. c. p. 346.
ARGYROLOBIUM venustum E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! 1310.
Chasmone argentea E. Mey. β. pilosa [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Comm. p. 75.
Chasmone pusilla [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], 600.
Galega sericea Thunb. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Fl. Cap. 601.
Information
dwarf, densely much branched, silky-villous; stipules small, from a broadish base subulate; petioles shorter than the obovate or obovate-oblong leaflets; peduncles shorter or somewhat longer than the leaf, 1–2 flowered (the lower flowers sometimes sub-sessile); lower lip of the silky calyx 3 toothed; vexillum and legumes silky-villous. Root and stems woody. Branches diffuse, 3–4 inches long. Pubescence variable in amount, sometimes rather scanty. Petioles very short; leaflets 1/4– 1/2 inch long, 2–3 lines wide, veinless, mostly blunt. Peduncles 1/2–1 1/2 inch long: occasionally some or all the flowers are sub-sessile.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Bockeveld, Thunberg! District of Uitenhage in several places. Nieuweveld and Camdebo, E. &. Z.! Drege! Burchell, 3491. (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk, D.)

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