Calobota linearifolia (E.Mey.) Boatwr. & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Calobota

Characteristics

Erect or virgate shrub, up to 3 m tall, entirely covered with short, appressed to ± spreading, silvery grey hairs, stems longitudinally grooved. Leaves simple, petiole absent, leaflet linear to narrowly ovate, upper surface channelled, apex acuminate. Flowers 4-12, in lax racemes on short lateral branches, yellow, lined purplish to brownish pale red, calyx and standard silky. Pod straight, sericeous, somewhat constricted between seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 2.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Distribution

Calobota linearifolia world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Conservation status

Calobota linearifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77100897-1
WFO ID wfo-0000743464
COL ID 3SPJT
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Synonyms

Lebeckia dinteri Lebeckia linearifolia Calobota linearifolia Acanthobotrya linearifolia