Species Aspalathus chenopoda
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Aspalathus:
From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
Etymology of chenopoda:
From the Greek ‘cheno’ / ‘khenos’ meaning ‘goose’; and the Greek ‘poda’ / ‘pous’ meaning ‘foot’.
Scientific name:
Aspalathus chenopoda L.
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Synonym status:
Rigid shrub, 1--2 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets needle-like, pungent, sparsely and softly hairy. Flowers in terminal heads, bright yellow, keel glabrous, calyx densely woolly, lobes needle-like. Aug.--Dec. Mountain fynbos, 180--260 m, SW (Cape Peninsula to Caledon Swartberg).
Observations of Taxon
Aspalathus chenopoda
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
16/10/2008 - 7:41pm
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