Aspalathus decora R.Dahlgren

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Aspalathus

Characteristics

Shrub (1-)1.5-2.5(-4) m tall. Leaflets narrow, pale green, weak (often slightly in curved). Bract and bracteoles simple, similar to leaflets of vegetative leaves, 7-12 mm long; emerging on the pedicel 2-2.5 mm from its base. Pedicel slender. Calyx often ± purplish; lobes basally broad, tapering, the flexible, linear-subulate part 5-7 mm long. Standard blade 9.5-10.5 x 3-3.8 mm. Wing blades 9.5-10.5 x 3-4 mm. Keel blades 6.8-7.5 x 3.3-4 mm. Pod ±15.5 x 5 mm.
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Erect shrub 1-4 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets terete, filiform, weak, non-pungent, thinly hairy. Flowers in terminal heads, pale yellow, wings and keel glabrous, calyx hairy, lobes awl-shaped, slender.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Aspalathus decora world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:475503-1
WFO ID wfo-0000211422
COL ID 67TK5
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Synonyms

Aspalathus decora