Aspalathus albens L.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Aspalathus

Characteristics

Erect or ascending, spreading shrub, up to 1 m tall, young branches yellowish. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets needle-like, mucronate or spine-tipped, straight to S-curved, with prominent leaf-base tubercles on long-shoots. Flowers few to many in terminal spikes, small, pale yellow, fading brownish or pink, calyx large, hairy, lobes spine-tipped, standard reflexed, hairy on most of back, keel hairy on upper half. Pod obliquely ovate, hairy.
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Erect shrub or shrublet with spreading branches, to 1 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets terete or subterete, straight or S-curved, rigid, pungent, hairy to subglabrous. Flowers small, 3-10(-30) in terminal spike-like racemes, pale yellow, fading brownish or rose, wings and keel hairy, calyx large, hairy, lobes triangular, pungent, hairy.
Leaflets 3-10 mm long. Bract (0.7-)1.5-3 (-5.3) mm long. Bracteoles 0.5-2.5 mm long. Calyx lobes 1-2.7 mm long. Standard blade 3.2-4.2 x 2.8-4.1 mm; wing blades 2.3-3.3 x 1.2-2 mm; keel blades 2.5-3.3 x 1.5-2.2 mm. Pod 5-7 x 2.2-3 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Aspalathus albens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:475372-1
WFO ID wfo-0000211511
COL ID 685J5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aspalathus albens Aspalathus armata Aspalathus agardhiana Aspalathus exilis Achyronia exilis Achyronia agardhiana Achyronia albens Achyronia armata Buchenroedera teretifolia