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Lotononis oxyptera

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Identification
Lotononis oxyptera (E.Mey.) Benth. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Crotalaria oxyptera
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  • Lotononis sparsiflora
  • Lotononis oxyptera

Flora

Entry for LOTONONIS oxyptera 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 oxyptera Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! l. c. p. 605
Information
procumbent, thinly silky or villoso-pubescent; stipule solitary, small, obliquely ovate or lanceolate; leaflets 3, ovate or oblong; peduncles long or short, villous, capitately several-flowered; bracts longer than the very short pedicel; calyx tomentose, with deltoid-acuminate, sub-falcate teeth; legume (“turgid, not much exceeding the calyx”?) Stems trailing, not much branched, thinly or thickly clothed with short, curly, soft hairs. Petioles 1/3-inch long; leaflets as long, 2–3 lines wide, very blunt or emarginate. Peduncles 3/4-inch long, softly hairy. Flowers 5–6, sub-sessile. Legume unknown to me. Bracts linear or oblong, small. The two varieties scarcely differ, except in the length of the peduncle; var. β. is rather the most hairy.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA α. Tulbagh on moist hill sides, E. & Z.! β. Drakensteen hills, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

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