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Ononis micrantha

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Name

Identification
Ononis micrantha Lowe [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Ononis diffusa Ten. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Lotononis rostrata
  • Ononis difussa
  • Ononis micrantha
  • Crotalaria micrantha
  • Ononis calycina
  • Ononis alopecuroides
  • Lotononis micrantha
  • Ononis reclinata
  • Ononis arthropodia
  • Ononis diffusa

Flora

Entry for LOTONONIS micrantha Thunb. & Harv. [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 micrantha Thunb. & Harv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ; non E. & Z.
Ononis micrantha Thunb. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], ! Cap. p. 587.
Crotalaria micrantha E. Mey. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Comm. p. 27.
Crotalaria tenuiflora Steud. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Lotononis rostrata Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], l. c. p. 604.
Information
procumbent, thinly sprinkled with very minute, appressed hairs; branches filiform; stipule solitary, small, oblong or lanceolate; leaflets cuneate-oblong or linear, or those of the lower leaves obovate; peduncles slender, elongate, umbellate, many-flowered; bracts minute; calyx thinly silky, with triangular-acuminate teeth; petals glabrous, on long claws, the carina rostrate; legume ovoid, turgid, scarcely longer than the calyx. Stems extensively trailing. Leaflets 3, narrow; those of the upper leaves especially. Peduncles 1–1 1/2 inch long; flowers very small. Peduncles not quite twice as long as the leaves; the umbel somewhat like that of Trifolium repens. Stipule sometimes falcate. Legume very short. This is the original “ Ononis micrantha ” of Thunberg, a very appropriate name and worthy of being preserved.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape, Thunberg! On shrubby hills, Roodesand, Drege! (Herb. Th. D. Bth. Hk.)

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