Species Aspalathus retroflexa
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Etymology of Aspalathus:
From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
Etymology of retroflexa:
From the Latin retro = 'backwards' and flexus = ‘bent' or 'curved’; i.e. bent backwards
Scientific name:
Aspalathus retroflexa L.
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Decumbent or sprawling shrublet with branches to 1 m long. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets subterete, occ. hairy. Flowers solitary at the branch tips, yellow, standard, wing and keel partly dark violet, purple or red, keel glabrous, calyx shortly hairy. Sept.--Mar. Mountain and lowland fynbos, 100--300 m, NW, SW, AP (Cedarberg Mts to Agulhas).
Observations of Taxon
Aspalathus retroflexa
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Aspalathus retroflexa
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Name of observer:
Ross Turner (David)
Date observed:
14/02/2006 - 1:49pm
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Aspalathus retroflexa
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
12/06/2013 - 5:04pm
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