Species Aspalathus juniperina
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Etymology of Aspalathus:
From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
Etymology of juniperina:
From the resemblance to juniperus, a ‘juniper tree’
Scientific name:
Aspalathus juniperina Thunb.
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Sprawling or prostrate shrublet, sometimes mat-forming, with brancnhes 0.2--2 m long. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets subterete. Flowers 1--3 at the branch tips, pale or bright yellow, sometimes partly reddish, standard incurved on the sides, keel glabrous, calyx glabrous. Aug.--Sept. Mountain fynbos, 260--2000 m, NW, SW, AP, KM (Piketberg to Agulhas and Klein Swartberg).
Observations of Taxon
Aspalathus juniperina
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Aspalathus juniperina
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Name of observer:
Maarten Groos (David)
Date observed:
11/10/2006 - 3:37pm
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