Xiphotheca elliptica (Dc.) A.L.Schutte & B.-e.van Wyk

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Xiphotheca

Characteristics

Many-stemmed shrub up to 1 m tall, sprouting from a woody rootstock after fire. Leaves subopposite, elliptic, margins slightly recurved, densely pubescent on both surfaces, glabrescent. Inflorescences borne at tips of lateral branches; peduncle 1.0-1.5 mm long. Bracts linear, 2.0-2.5 mm long. Pedicel 3.5-4.0 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 or 6 ovules; densely pubescent. Pods laterally compressed; densely pubescent. Seeds uniformly brown.
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Multistemmed, resprouting shrub to 1 m like X. canescens but leaves elliptic with margins slightly revolute.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Xiphotheca elliptica world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:969710-1
WFO ID wfo-0000193027
COL ID 5CG2V
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Synonyms

Priestleya elliptica Amphithalea verticillata Ingenhoussia verticillata Xiphotheca elliptica