Lessertia canescens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Species

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Characteristics

A small shrub. It grows 40 cm tall. The leaves have leaflets and one at the end. The leaflets are broadly heart shaped and have silvery hairs on both ends. The flowers are red. The pods are large and inflated.
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Shrublet to 40 cm. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets broadly oblong-obcordate, retuse, silvery grey-hairy on both surfaces. Flowers red. Pods large, inflated, papery, adpressed-hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In South Africa, it grows on coastal sands below 100 m above sea level.
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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Lessertia canescens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1017424-1
WFO ID wfo-0001274628
COL ID 53HTH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sutherlandia tomentosa Lessertia canescens