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Lotononis tenella

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Name

Identification
Lotononis tenella (E.Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh. [family FABACEAE ]
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Entry for LOTONONIS tenella Eck. & Zey. [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 tenella Eck. & Zey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], 1282
Information
suffruticose, dwarf, either prostrate, decumbent or sub-erect, patently hairy or densely hirsute; stipules solitary, linear; leaflets oblong, obovate, or linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or sub-obtuse; flowers 1–3, sub-sessile; calyx pilose, deeply cut, its lobes lanceolate, nearly as long as the corolla, the lowest subulate; vexillum obovate, about equalling the carina, but more or less silky or villous; legume turgid, as long as the calyx or scarcely longer, piloso-hispid. Certainly a very variable species. Vars. α. and γ. are held for species by Meyer and Bentham; but to me they appear to run together by insensible gradations. Stems 2–6–8 inches long, the shorter sub-erect, the longer trailing. Some of Drege's specimens may belong to different species. Zeyher's No. 2311 is more robust than usual, but scarcely different.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Uitenhage and Albany, Drege! E. & Z., &c. β. Magaliesberg, Burke & Zey. γ. Katberg and Kliplaat River, D.! Thaba Uncka and Vaal River, Burke & Zey. (Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.)

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