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Lotononis pulchella (E.Mey.) B.-e.van Wyk

Species

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Characteristics

Erect shrub with robust woody branches. Leaves trifoliolate. Leaflets obovate to obcuneate, silver-grey to tawny-hairy. Stipules paired. Inflorescences umbellate or subumbellate; bracts shorter than calyx. Flowers blue. Calyx with lateral sinuses < 2 mm deep; lobes widely triangular. Flowering time Sept.-Mar.
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Shrub or dwarf shrub, up to 300 mm high; much branched, closely silky. Leaves trifoliolate with leaflets narrowly cuneate or linear. Flowers: bracts lanceolate, shorter than calyx; bracteoles 0; standard and wings much longer than keel, wings and keel pubescent; corolla purplish blue; Nov.-Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Lotononis pulchella world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962772-1
WFO ID wfo-0000194849
COL ID 3W7SK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Buchenroedera tenuifolia Lotononis pulchella Aspalathus pulchella Buchenroedera macowanii Buchenroedera tenuifolia var. pulchella
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