Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.)R.Dahlgren.

Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.)R.Dahlgren

HIGHER TAXON: Crotalarieae

GENUS: Aspalathus L.

Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.)R.Dahlgren [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cape shrubland (fynbos). [520];
    Cultivated [520];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [520] ; Distribution Map [520] ; Illustration [411, 520]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

USES:
	Food and Drink [520]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

411.		Le Roux, A. & Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E, 1981
		Namaqualand & Clanwilliam. South Afr. Wild Flower Guide 1.

520.		Dahlgren, R., 1968
		Bot.Not.121:165-208.Revision of the genus Aspalathus.II.7