Fabaceae
Dancing thorn
Aspalathus spinosa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Aspalathus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Dansdoring, Ystervarkbos
- English
- Dancing thorn
Synonyms
- Achyronia spinosa (L.) Kuntze
- Diallosperma spinosa (L.) Raf.
Photos
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.