Aspalathus sulphurea R.Dahlgren

Species

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Characteristics

Probably decumbent or procumbent shrublet, with rather slender, light brown, non-thorny branches. Young branches glabrous. Leaflets spathulate-oblanceolate, 2-6 x 1-1.5 mm, strongly flattened, obtuse, glaucous, generally with a shallow groove on each side of a ± distinct middle ridge. Flowers rather large, compressed, solitary on a lateral short-shoot. Bract lanceolate, 1-2 x 0.5 mm, pale green, obtuse. Pedicel 1-2 mm long, subglabrous. Bracteoles 1.5-2.5 x less than 0.5 mm. Calyx broad, glabrous, pale yellowish green; lobes ovate, the upper ±3-3.5 x 3.5 mm, subacute, the lower narrower. Petals light sulphur-coloured, wide. Standard blade broadly orbicular, 10-12 x ±13 mm, rounded-retuse at apex, puberulous on apical third of back. Wing petals 7-8 x ±4 mm, the base with 3 rows of minute folds, 2-3 folds in each row. Keel lunate-rostrate, 5-6 x ±3 mm, apically somewhat upcurved and subacute, glabrous or with scattered hairs along lower margins, without distinct basal pouch. Pistil glabrous; ovules 2. Pods not seen.
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Sprawling? shrublet. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets spathulate-oblanceolate, strongly flattened, glaucous with a shallow groove on each side of a ± distinct middle ridge, glabrous. Flowers single on a lateral short shoot, large, strongly compressed, pale yellow (sulphur-coloured), wings glabrous, keel glabrous with scattered hairs along lower margin, calyx compressed and broad, glabrous, lobes ovate, the upper subacute, the lower narrower.
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Distribution

Aspalathus sulphurea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:475840-1
WFO ID wfo-0000211445
COL ID HB8F
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Synonyms

Aspalathus sulphurea