Fabaceae
Lessertia capensis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Lessertia
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 南非野豌豆, 拟鱼鳔槐
Synonyms
- Colutea pubescens Thunb.
- Coluteastrum capense (P.J.Bergius) Kuntze
- Coluteastrum pubescens (Thunb.) Kuntze
- Galega striata Thunb.
- Lessertia astragalina Meisn.
- Lessertia pubescens (Thunb.) DC.
- Lessertia pulchra Sims
- Lessertia venusta Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Orobus capensis (P.J.Bergius) Spreng.
- Tephrosia striata (Thunb.) Pers.
- Vicia capensis P.J.Bergius
Flowers
- In flower
- September to October (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Diana Studer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: linkie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Lloyd Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacobus Retief, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sharndreheuvel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.