PLANTS Profile for Otholobium fruticans (Capetown pea)

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PLANTS Profile

Otholobium fruticans (L.) Stirt.
Capetown pea

Symbol:

OTFR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Synonyms:
Otholobium fruticans (L.) Stirt.

	PSBR9	Psoralea bracteata P.J. Bergius, nom. illeg.
	PSFR6	Psoralea fruticans (L.) Druce
	TRFR5	Trifolium fruticans L.

Distribution:
Otholobium fruticans (L.) Stirt.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Otholobium fruticans (L.) Stirt.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 2 species in Otholobium

Classification:
Otholobium fruticans (L.) Stirt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Otholobium Stirt.
Species	Otholobium fruticans (L.) Stirt. – Capetown pea

Introduced Information:
Otholobium fruticans (L.) Stirt.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Otholobium fruticans (L.) Stirt.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 11:32 AM CDT