Xiphotheca canescens (Thunb.) A.L.Schutte & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Xiphotheca

Characteristics

Single-stemmed, tree-like shrub up to 2.5 m tall, not sprouting after fire; woody rootstock absent. Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptic, flat, densely pubescent on both surfaces, glabrescent. Inflorescences borne at tips of lateral branches; peduncle 1.0-2.5 mm long. Bracts linear, ± 2 mm long. Pedicel 2-3 mm long. Bracteoles minute, caducous. Calyx not intrusive at base; lobes acute, shorter than the tube; carinal lobe as long as lateral lobes; densely pubescent. Wing petals distinctly auriculate; pocket inconspicuous on outer surface. Ovary with 5-8 ovules; densely pubescent. Pods compressed; ± glabrous. Seeds uniformly brown.
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Single-stemmed, reseeding, tree-like shrub to 2.5 m. Leaves 1-foliolate, narrowly elliptic, flat, silky. Flowers in pedunculate pairs at tips of lateral branchlets, yellow, calyx lobes shorter than tube, ovules 5-8.
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Mature height (meter) 2.5
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Soil texture 5-8
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Distribution

Xiphotheca canescens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:969709-1
WFO ID wfo-0000428196
COL ID 4MC52
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Synonyms

Podalyria canescens Hypocalyptus canescens Priestleya schlechteri Xiphotheca canescens