Rafnia capensis subsp. capensis

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Erect, robust shrub up to 1.2 m high or a procumbent shrublet up to 0.4 m high. Leaves linear to lanceolate or elliptic or narrowly obovate to obovate; leaves on flowering branches subopposite to opposite, (9-)12-34 x 1-10 mm; basal leaves 12-48(-53) x 1-12(-22) mm. Inflorescences single-flowered. Flowers often very small, 7-11 mm long. Pedicel 2-5 mm long. Bract 0.3-0.9 mm long. Bracteoles minute, 0.1-0.3 mm long, or absent. Calyx lobes triangular to narrowly triangular, ± as long as the tube, 1-2 mm long; tube 1-2 mm. Standard elliptic or ovate, 5-9 x 5-9 mm. Wings oblong-elliptic to suborbicular, shorter than the keel, 4-8 mm long; apex obtuse; claw 2-4 mm long, not broadly attached to the blade. Keel obtuse or symmetrically truncate without a broad lobe below apex or asymmetrically truncate or emarginate with a broad lobe below the apex. Pistil with the style not incurved towards the apex; ovules 2-3. Pods ± oblong, 13-19(-22) x 4-7 mm; stipe 3-12 mm long. Seeds oblong to reniform.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.2
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-8
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Distribution

Rafnia capensis subsp. capensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0001421165
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Synonyms

Rafnia capensis subsp. capensis