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Lotononis diversifolia

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Identification
Lotononis laxa Eckl. & Zeyh. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Lotononis diversifolia Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Lotononis laxa
  • Lotononis diversifolia

Flora

Entry for LOTONONIS laxa 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
LOTONONIS laxa E. & Z. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! 1276
LOTONONIS diversifolia Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Lond. Journ. 2. 611.
Crotalaria diversifolia E. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Comm. p. 77.
Information
suffruticose, small, diffuse or decumbent, silky and silvery; stipule solitary, lanceolate; leaflets ternate, rarely solitary, oblongo-lanceolate or sublinear, acute; flowers solitary, opposite the leaves, on short pedicels; calyx thinly silky, its lobes subequal, nearly as long as the corolla; vexillum obovate, acuminate, silky on the dorsal ridge, as long as the shortly rostrate carina; legume canescent, 2–3 times as long as the calyx, at length sub-turgid. Stems very many from the crown, trailing, 6–12 inches long or more; the whole plant silvery-white and shining. Leaves varying in size and shape; stipules as long as the petiole or longer. Legume 4 lines long, 1 line wide.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near Silo, on the Klipplaat River, Caffraria, E. & Z.! Drege. Thaba Uncka and Caledon River, Burke & Zey. Graff Reynet, Mrs Barber. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd., Bth.)

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