Global InformationOtholobium spissum information
| Otholobium spissum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Otholobium |
| Species: | O. spissum
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| Binomial name | |
| Otholobium spissum C.H.Stirt. & Muas
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Otholobium spissum is a dense, tangled, much branched shrub of up to 185 cm (73 in) high that is assigned to the Pea family. It has dull green, clover-like leaves and white, pea-like flowers with a streaky, triangular, purple nectar guide. The species grows in renosterveld in the central mountains of the Western Cape province of South Africa. This species flowers in July and August.[1]
- ^ Stirton, Charles H.; Muasya, A. Muthama (2017). "Ten new species and a new record for the genus Otholobium (Psoraleeae, Leguminosae) from South Africa". Kew Bulletin. 72 (50): 1–27. doi:10.1007/S12225-017-9722-5. S2CID 4311078.