Lotononis meyeri (C.Presl) B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lotononis

Characteristics

Loosely silky; leaflets cuneate, minutely acuminate; heads dense, the narrow oblong bracts shorter than the very villous calyx; all the petals villous; the vexillum 1.5 as long as the alae and carina; legume very villous. 1-2 feet high, virgate, afterwards ramulous, straight, canescent, with copious, long and softly silky whitish or fulvous hairs. Leaflets like those of B. holosericea, or smaller. Bracts much shorter than the calyx, or rarely taper-pointed and nearly as long. Calyx 2-2.5 lines long. Vexillum twice as long.
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L. meyeri is very similar to L. alpina subsp. multiflora and difficult to distinguish from it when not in flower. The petals are white with purple veins, the tip of the keel petals are dark purple inside and the leaflets are somewhat less recurved than those of L. alpina.
Similar to L. alpina subsp. multiflora. Leaflets somewhat less recurved.
Life form perennial
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Distribution

Lotononis meyeri world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962775-1
WFO ID wfo-0000194853
COL ID 72NZ2
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Synonyms

Lotononis meyeri Buchenroedera meyeri Buchenroedera umbellata Aspalathus cuneata var. retusa