Species Aspalathus cephalotes
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Etymology of Aspalathus:
From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
Etymology of cephalotes:
From the Greek ‘cephal’ / ‘kephale’ meaning ‘head’; and the Greek ‘otes’ / ‘????otis’ meaning ‘ear’.
Scientific name:
Aspalathus cephalotes Thunb.
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Unknown
Synonym status:
Shrub, 0.3--2 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets terete or slightly flattened, sparsely hairy. Flowers in a spike or head, pale violet or rose, occ. almost white, keel tipped purplish-violet, keel silky, calyx silky, lobes subulate. Aug.--Nov. Mountain fynbos, 160--830 m, NW, SW (Piketberg to Riviersonderend Mts).
Observations of Taxon
Aspalathus cephalotes
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown