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Lessertia annularis Burch.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lessertia

Characteristics

Perennial, erect or diffuse herb, 0.1-0.8 m high. Leaves 40-60 mm long. Leaflets 2.5-8.0 x 2-3 mm, 6-10-jugate, oblong-obovate or linear-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, thinly strigose on one or both sides. Stipules 2-3 mm long. Inflorescence 10-flowered, shortly racemose near top; peduncles 35-50 mm long, longer or shorter than the leaf; bracts 1 mm long, triangular, sparsely strigose. Pedicels up to 2 mm long. Flowers 9 mm long. Calyx up to 4 mm long. Gynoecium: ovary hairy; style hairy nearly halfway and also around stigma. Flowering time all year. Pod 40-52 x 4-6 mm, linear, compressed, obtuse, mucronate, arched in a semi-circle or ± completely annular.
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Prostrate or sprawling, resprouting herb, up to 0.5 m tall. Leaves pinnately 13-21-foliolate, leaflets oblong-obovate, appressed hairy on undersurface. Flowers crowded on peduncles shorter than leaves, whitish with mauve markings. Pods narrowly oblong, compressed, strongly arched into a semi-circle or ring, papery, appressed-hairy.
Annual, occasionally perennial herb, up to 0.8 m high; slender. Leaves with 12-20 leaflets. Flowers: peduncles much shorter than or scarcely longer than leaf; pedicels shorter than calyx; corolla purplish red and white; Jun.-Aug. Pods compressed, strongly arched, annular, or spirally twisted, obtuse, mucronate, densely silky hairy.
Prostrate or sprawling, resprouting subshrub to 50 cm. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets oblong-obovate. Flowers crowded on peduncles shorter than leaves, mauve to cerise. Pods narrowly oblong, strongly coiled into a semicircle, compressed, papery, adpressed-hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-8
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Lessertia annularis world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502619-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212601
COL ID 6PQZT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lessertia arcuata Lessertia annularis Coluteastrum annulare
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