Lessertia margaritacea E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lessertia

Characteristics

Shrubby, erect,virgate, nearly glabrous; leaflets 3-6-jugate, oblongo-lanceolate or linear-obovate, obtuse or acute, mostly infolded, glabrous; stipules lanceolate; peduncles much longer than the leaf, laxly racemose, rigid, at length subspinescent; pedicels puberulous, longer than the calyx; legume glabrous, subcompressed, stipitate (small), broadly obovate, or suborbicular, 1-4-seeded.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Lessertia margaritacea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502658-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212637
COL ID 6PQZF
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Synonyms

Lessertia margaritacea