Lotononis harveyi B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotononis

Characteristics

Loosely silky and silvery, virgate; leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute; spikes cylindrical, densely many flowered, the lanceolate bracts equalling the calyx; all the petals villous; calyx teeth acuminate; legume densely villous. Chiefly branched near the base, 1.5 feet high, the branches long, rodlike, ending in a dense spike of white flowers, slightly tinged with greenish-yellow. Whole plant silvery, with long, soft and loose hairs. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1 line broad, acute at each end. Stipules similar to the leaflets and nearly as long, longer than the petiole, erect. Bracts broader than the leaflets, but similar in shape. Spikes 2-3 inches long. Calyx teeth lanceolate.
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It is similar to L. trichodes but can be distinguished by the elongate racemes, the white flowers, the densely hairy petals, the long calyx lobes and the hirsute leaflets.
Similar to L. trichodes. Leaflets hirsute. Inflorescences elongated racemes. Flowers white. Caly x: lobes long. Petals densely hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Lotononis harveyi world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:961670-1
WFO ID wfo-0001260936
COL ID NMFZ
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Synonyms

Buchenroedera spicata Lotononis harveyi