Lessertia microcarpa E.Mey.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lessertia

Characteristics

Herbaceous, procumbent, dwarf, villoso-canescent with loose hairs; leaflets 6-8-jugate, short, obovate-oblong. or obcordate, villous beneath; peduncles about twice as long as the leaf, laxly racemose, few-flowered; pedicels shorter than the villous calyx; legumes (small) inflated, glabrous, obliquely obovate, rather rigid, few-seeded.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Lessertia microcarpa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502659-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212638
COL ID 6Q2ZF
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Synonyms

Lessertia microcarpa