Aspalathus ericifolia L. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Aspalathus ericifolia L. (Aspalathus ericifolia L.)
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Aspalathus ericifolia L.

Aspalathus ericifolia L.

For Aspalathus ericifolia L., the specific epithet was 'ericefolia' in the protologue, and Dahlgren first noted 893.15 (LINN) as 'orig. coll.' then 'type' in 1988.

Family
Genus
Aspalathus
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Aspalathus ericifolia L.

Note: The specific epithet was spelled 'ericefolia' in the protologue. Dahlgren (in Opera Bot. 10 (1): 25. 1965) initially indicated 893.15 (LINN) only as 'orig. coll.' but clarified it to 'type' in 1988.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Aspalathus

More from Fabaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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