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Heliophila pendula

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Identification
Heliophila pendula Willd. [family CRUCIFERAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
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Flora

Entry for HELIOPHILA pendula Willd. [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
HELIOPHILA pendula Willd. [family CRUCIFERAE], Sp. III. 529.;—DC. Syst. 2. p. 683. (excl. syn. Lam.) Sond. l. c. 215.
HELIOPHILA pennata Vent. [family CRUCIFERAE], Malm. t. 113 (excl. syn.) R. Br. Hort. Kew 2. vol. 4. p. 102 (non. Lin. f.)
Ormiscus pinnatus E. Z. [family ], 68. Drege 7579.
Information
herbaceous, glabrous, green; pods moniliform, pendulous, tipped with a short style; leaves pinnatipartite, lobes 3–5 pair, linear, acute, channelled above; petals obovate; stamens toothless. Stems mostly several, the middle ones erect, 1–2 feet high, lateral spreading, with erecto-patent branches. Leaves somewhat fleshy, the lobes mostly opposite. 6–12 lines long, 1/2 line wide or shorter. Fruiting racemes 6 inches long: flower stalks erect, fruit-st. recurved. Sepals 1 line long; petals 2 lines, pale yellow Pods uncial, with about 12, rarely confluent beadings.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Grassy fields. Zwartkops and Krakakamma, Uitenhage, E. & Z. Swellendam, Mundt. Between Brede river and Hassagaiskloof, Zeyh. 1898 (Herb. Willd., Sond., T.C.D.)

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