Botanical name

Tephrosia capensis var. capensis

Family

Fabaceae

Common Name

Fish Bean
Tephrosia capensis var. capensis
Tephrosia capensis var. capensis
Tephrosia capensis var. capensis
Tephrosia capensis var. capensis

Description

Trailing, straggly shrublet, thinly hairy. Leaves sparse, pinnate on 20mm long stalks, each consisting of 3-6 pairs of linear-elliptic leaflets up to 20mm long with pointed tips; flowers rose-red, scattered, on slender racemes. Pods hairy, opaque with numerous seeds.

Habitat

Coastal dunes to high mountain slopes

Flower Date

August to June