Lessertia capitata E.Mey.

국표에 없다.

• Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. : 118 (1836)

• This name is reported by Fabaceae as an accepted name in the genus Lessertia (family Fabaceae).

  The record derives from ILDIS which reports it as an accepted name (record 7687 [mirror] )

 

Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Lessertia capitata E.Mey. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212610. Accessed on: 10 May 2023'

Morphology

Decumbent, softly white-haired herb, up to 0.3 m tall, branches trailing from a woody rootstock. Leaves pinnately 15-19-foliolate, leaflets closely set, oblong, both surfaces with spreading hairs. Flowers few per capitate inflorescence with peduncle exceeding leaves, mauve, calyx black-haired. Pod ± obovate, inflated, glabrous, papery, usually obviously veined, shortly beaked.

• Provided by: [A].e-Flora of South Africa

Perennial herb, up to 250 mm high. Stems decumbent. Leaves pinnate with 14-18 leaflets, oblong, obtuse or retuse, patently pubescent on one or both sides; stipules ovate-acute. Flowers: raceme capitate, 5-8-flowered; peduncles much longer than leaf; calyx with black hairs; corolla purplish red and white; Jul.-Sep. Pods glabrous, many-seeded, ± compressed.

• Provided by: [A].e-Flora of South Africa

Habitat

Open sandy places.

• Provided by: [A].e-Flora of South Africa

Mesic Grassland. Grassland.

• Provided by: [A].e-Flora of South Africa

Distribution

Spektakelberg to Kamiesberg Mountains.

• Provided by: [A].e-Flora of South Africa

Lessertia capitata E.Mey. (worldfloraonline.org)

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