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Lotononis cytisoides

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Identification
Lotononis cytisoides (E.Mey.) Benth. [family FABACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for LOTONONIS cytisoides Benth. [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
LOTONONIS cytisoides Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Lond. Journ. 2. p. 598
Telina cytisoides E. Mey. [family FABACEAE], !
Telina eriocarpa E. Mey. [family FABACEAE], !
Krebsia stricta E. Z. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE], 1284.
Information
shrubby, branches virgate, softly hairy or silky; leaflets cuneate-oblong or obovate, acute or acuminate or obtuse, silky and villous on both sides; stipules oblong, leafy; peduncles axillary or terminal, short, one flowered; calyx-teeth acute, equalling the tube; vexillum ample, silky or glabrescent; legume pubescent or hairy. A stout shrub, 2–3 feet high, with rod-like branches 12–16 inches long. Leaflets very variable in size, and sometimes fascicled, 1–2 to 6–8 lines long; the petiole as variable. Stipules in pairs, resembling the leaflets and varying like them. Flowers mostly axillary; the peduncle scarcely longer than the calyx. Pods compressed, 3/4 inch long, acute. The habit is nearly that of an Aspalathus.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Mountains of Uitenhage, E. & Z.! Drege, and extending through Caffer-land to near Natal. (Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.)

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