Lotononis pulchella (E.Mey.) B.-E.van Wyk

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  South Africa

• State/Province

  Free State

• Locality

  Tweespruit, Thaba Patswa Mountain.

• Coordinates

  -29.3407, 27.0845

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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OF ™S VOUCHER
TO THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY, NY
The New York Botanical Garden
and University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Plants of South Africa
Fabaceae
Lotononis pulchella (E. Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk
det. H. J. Venter, 2002
South Africa. Free State. Tweespruit, Thaba Patswa Mountain.: 29° 20.445' S:
27° 5.068'E
On gentle western mountain slope, frill sun, in pasture. Stony to rocky soil, well-
drained loam of sandstone.. Grassland with Cymbopogon plurinodes, Themeda
triandra, Heteropogon contortis, Euclea ovata, Eumorphia dregeana, Lotononis
sp., Elyonurus muticans and Trachypogon spicatus..
Geophytic hemi-cryptophyte, perennial, 1 m high. Trifoliately compound leaves,
alternate, densely covered in silver-green hair, leaflets 8-5 mm long. Taproot
about 30-40 mm thick, wedged between rocks. Flowers in axillary globose
heads, all petals pastel blue. Fruit a 10 mm long pod. Plants indigenous.
Abundant..
H. J. Venter & A. Venter, B. Janecke 9700	25	January	2002
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