Aspalathus incana R.Dahlgren (1960:179)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Madika et al., 2026)
Last record: 23 April 1951 (Madika et al., 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
Western Cape Province, South Africa
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Dahlgren, R. (1960). Revision of the genus Aspalathus I. The species with flat leaftets. Opera Botanica 4: 1-393.
Other references:
Dahlgren, R. (1968). Revision of the genus Aspalathus. II. The species with ericoid and pinoid leaflets. 6. The Aspalathus frankenioides, nivea, juniperina, rubens, and divaricata groups and some other groups. Opera Botanica 21: 8-304.
Dahlgren, R. (1988). Crotalarieae (Aspalathus). In: O.A. Leistner (ed). Flora of southern Africa 16 Fabaceae, Part 3 Papilionoideae, Fascicle 6:1-430. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Germishuizen, G. and Meyer, N. L. (eds.). (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J. C. (2000). Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Hall, A. V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S. A. M. (1980). Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, Craig (ed.). (1996). Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Madika, L. K., Stirton, C. H., Sebola, R. J., Zhigila, D. A., Williams, B. D. and Muasya, A. M. (2026). Taxonomic revision of Aspalathus subgen. Sericea (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae). South African Journal of Botany 190: 276-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2026.01.025
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 14 February 2026]