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Lebeckia sepiaria

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Identification
Lebeckia gracilis Eckl. & Zeyh. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Lebeckia sepiaria Thunb. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Lebeckia sepiaria
  • Lebeckia simsiana
  • Spartium
  • Spartium sepiarium
  • Lebeckia gracilis

Flora

Entry for LEBECKIA Simsiana 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
LEBECKIA Simsiana E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! 1338
LEBECKIA sepiaria Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], l. c. p. 357, non Thunb.
LEBECKIA Sarcophylloides E. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! in Linn. 7, p. 155.
LEBECKIA contaminata E. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Comm. p. p. 34, non Thunb.
Sarcophyllum carnosum Sims [family ], Bot. Mag. t. 2502, non. Thunb. Zey. 2294.
Information
glaucous, sub-erect, suffruticose, sub-simple; leaves filiform, crowded, erect, jointed; raceme elongate, many-flowered; rachis angular or furrowed; flowers large; calyx-teeth shorter than the tube; legumes deflexed. The largest and handsomest of this section. Stems 12–18 inches high, robust, simple, densely leafy at base, racemose above. Raceme 6–12 inches long, dense. Flowers 5–6 lines long, nodding, bright yellow, conspicuous. Bracts and bracteoles minute, setaceous. Calyx-teeth from a broad base, acuminate. Legumes shortly stipitate, 1 1/2 inch long, scarcely 1 line in diameter, mostly pendulous.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape and Stellenbosch districts, E. & Z.! Drege! W.H.H., &c. Winterhoek, Tulbagh; and Grootvadersbosch, Swell., Pappe! (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

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