Botanical name
Lebeckia wrightiiFamily
FabaceaeCommon Name
Twisted Pea FlowerSynonym (old name)
Lebeckia inflataDescription
Decumbent shrublet to 40cm. Leaves simple, terete, unjointed, pubescent and stipulate; inflorescence few-flowered, flowers yellow, small 5-8mm long, keel spirally twisted. Pods oblong, dehiscent and thin-walled.
For Felix Binns Wright (1907-), veterinarian, nature conservationist and plant collector in the Drakensberg Mountains.
Habitat
Mountain fynbos, mainly after fire.
Flower Date
June to January