Lessertia capitata E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lessertia

Characteristics

Decumbent, softly white-haired herb, up to 0.3 m tall, branches trailing from a woody rootstock. Leaves pinnately 15-19-foliolate, leaflets closely set, oblong, both surfaces with spreading hairs. Flowers few per capitate inflorescence with peduncle exceeding leaves, mauve, calyx black-haired. Pod ± obovate, inflated, glabrous, papery, usually obviously veined, shortly beaked.
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Perennial herb, up to 250 mm high. Stems decumbent. Leaves pinnate with 14-18 leaflets, oblong, obtuse or retuse, patently pubescent on one or both sides; stipules ovate-acute. Flowers: raceme capitate, 5-8-flowered; peduncles much longer than leaf; calyx with black hairs; corolla purplish red and white; Jul.-Sep. Pods glabrous, many-seeded, ± compressed.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.28
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Lessertia capitata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502629-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212610
COL ID 6PQZP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lessertia capitata Coluteastrum capitatum