Botanical name

Lebeckia wrightii

Family

Fabaceae

Common Name

Twisted Pea Flower

Synonym (old name)

Lebeckia inflata
Lebeckia wrightii
Lebeckia wrightii
Lebeckia wrightii

Description

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