Lessertia fruticosa Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lessertia

Characteristics

Shrublet, up to 0.5 m tall. Leaves pinnately ± 13-foliolate, leaflets oblong. Flowers on inflorescence with axis ± rigid, exceeding leaves and becoming softly spinescent, pink to purple, pedicels mostly black-haired. Pod obliquely broadly ovate, compressed near margins but subinflated centrally, mostly clearly veined.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

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Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Lessertia fruticosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502647-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212626
COL ID 722ZL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lessertia fruticosa Coluteastrum fruticosum