PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / FABALES / FABACEAE / PAPILIONOIDEAE / CROTALARIEAE / LEBECKIA / AMBIGUA
Erect, glaucous suffrutex, up to 0.8 m in height Leaves simple, acicular, articulated near the middle; leaf density 2-5 per 10 mm length of stem. Inflorescences terminal, 90-350 mm long; rachis smooth; flowers numerous, relatively sparse (3-5 per 10 mm length of rachis), intermediate in size (7-10 mm long); pedicel 2-3 mm long; bract narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, 2.0-3.5 mm long; bracteoles narrowly triangular, acuminate, ±1 mm long. Calyx 3.5-5 mm long, tube 1.5-2.5 mm long, lobes 1.5-2.5 mm long; subequally lobedbutthe upper lateral sinuses much wider than the medial sinus and the lower lateral sinuses; lobes deltoid, tips minutely pubescent inside. Standard widely ovate to orbicular, 8-10 x 4.5-8.0 mm; apex obtuse; claw 1-2 mm long. Wings oblong, as long as or usually longer than the keel, 7-9 x 2.0-3.5 mm, with 9-12 rows of sculpturing; apex obtuse; claws 1.5-2.5 mm long. Keel rostrate, 6.0-8.5 x 2.5-3.5 mm, usually with pockets; daws 1.5-3.0 mm long. Pistil subsessile; ovary 5.5-11.0 x ±0.5 mm long, linear; ovules many (14-18); style 2.5-3.5 mm long, curved upwards. Pods narrowly linear, straight or falcate, up to 75 x 2 mm; dehiscent; terete; fruit wall thin, membranous. Seeds oblong-reniform, 2.0 x 1.2 mm, rugose, light pink; hilum black. From: Le Roux, MM; Van Wyk, B-E. 2007. A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. sepiaria group. S. African J. Bot. 73: 118-130. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2007); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
Erect subshrub, up to 0.8 m tall, with large underground lignotuber. Leaves simple, terete, usually 1-sided on branches, articulated near middle, glabrous. Flowers usually many, in long, slender racemes, yellow, glabrous. Pod thin-walled, falcate to linear, slender, dehiscent. From: Boatwright, JS. 2013. Fabaceae: Lebeckia. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 389-389. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Erect shrublet to 80 cm. Leaves simple, terete, articulated near centre. Flowers yellow, wings as long as or longer than keel. Pods linear, sometimes falcate, dehiscent, thin-walled. From: Boatwright, JS. 2012. Fabaceae: Lebeckia Thunb. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 559-560. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
L. ambigua is closely related to L. sepiaria but differs in the membranous, narrowly linear, straight or falcate, ±2 mm wide, dehiscent fruit (L. sepiaria has spongy, linear, straight, ±4 mm wide and Indehtscent Bruit) and smaller flowers (7-10 mm long) (12-18 mm long in L. sepiaria). From: Le Roux, MM; Van Wyk, B-E. 2007. A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. sepiaria group. S. African J. Bot. 73: 118-130. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2007); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
The altitude is usually below 300 m but may be up to 900 m at some localities. Plants grow in deep sandy soil, usually in obviously disturbed areas such as riverbanks and roadsides. From: Le Roux, MM; Van Wyk, B-E. 2007. A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. sepiaria group. S. African J. Bot. 73: 118-130. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2007); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
Sandy soils. From: Boatwright, JS. 2013. Fabaceae: Lebeckia. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 389-389. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Karroid scrub, deep sandy flats or disturbed areas, mostly coastal, usually below 300 m. From: Boatwright, JS. 2012. Fabaceae: Lebeckia Thunb. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 559-560. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
L. ambigua occurs in the low-lying coastal region of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces, from Namaqualand southwards to a little north of Cape Town. From: Le Roux, MM; Van Wyk, B-E. 2007. A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. sepiaria group. S. African J. Bot. 73: 118-130. [Copyright held by the South African Association of Botanists (2007); http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02546299] [CC BY]
W of Komaggas, Brand-se-Baai to Bokkeveld Mountains and Langebaan. From: Boatwright, JS. 2013. Fabaceae: Lebeckia. In: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 389-389. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Namaqualand to Hopefield. From: Boatwright, JS. 2012. Fabaceae: Lebeckia Thunb. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 559-560. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
August to December
0 to 900 m
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Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Fabales
FAMILY Fabaceae
SUBFAMILY Papilionoideae
TRIBE Crotalarieae
GENUS Lebeckia
SPECIES ambigua
39 results for Lebeckia ambigua E.Mey.
Year
Barcode: PRE0511523-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Breda, PAB, 4460 | 1977-11-19
South Africa, Western Cape, CLANWILLIAM DIV.; LAMBERTS BAY; NORTIER EXP. STA. 9 KM. N. OF LAMBERTS BAY
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Barcode: PRE0393895-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 24459 | 1970-11-19
South Africa, Western Cape, PIQUETBERG DIV.; SAUER P.O.; 3.2 KM. NW. OF SAURER POST OFFICE IN VALLEY
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Barcode: PRE0861065-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 10052 | 2010-9-6
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqua National Park. Farm: Taaibosduin. 30°15'43.2"S, 17°25'04.3"E.
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Barcode: NBG0014783-0 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 6406 | 1950-8-21
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg-Clanwilliam. 3 miles S of Greys Pass.
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Barcode: NBG0199206-0 Collector(s) & number: Boucher, C, 2946A | 1975-11-25
South Africa, Western Cape, Schrywershoek Langebaan Peninsula.
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Barcode: NBG0203475-0 Collector(s) & number: Le Roux, A, 727 | 1986-10-20
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. Farm Kap Vley 315. 4.7 km W of Komaggas - Soebatsfontein road to Brandberg.
General notes: Plain. Well-drained; yellow-brown, sandy soil. Level slope. Acock's Veld Type: 47. Karoo vegetation. Local occasional. Perennial prostrate succulent. Yellow flowers. Green fruit. Plant height 0.08 m.
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Barcode: PRE0393893-0 Collector(s) & number: Werdermann, E, 461 | 1958-10-7
South Africa, Western Cape, CLANWILLIAM DIV.; BETWEEN PALEISHEUWEL AND LEIPOLDTVILLE 150 MI.
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Barcode: NBG0157835-0 Collector(s) & number: Cupido, CN, 13 | 1997-10-11
South Africa, Western Cape, West Coast R27 to Velddrif. Roadside, ± 10 km from Langebaan turnoff.
General notes: Flowers yellow. Grows next to Wiborgia sp. Erect herb.
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Barcode: PRE0393891-0 Collector(s) & number: Leipoldt, CL, 3127 | 1939-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, SOUTH-WESTERN REGION; CLANWILLIAM DIV.; BETWEEN GROOT RIVIER AND ELANDSKLOOF
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Barcode: PRE0393907-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 11162 | 1930-11-15
South Africa, Northern Cape, CALVINIA DIV.; NIEUWOUDTVILLE
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Barcode: SAM0061430-0 Collector(s) & number: Zinn, H, s.n. | 1947-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, Clanwilliam Division, between Leipoldtville, Elands Bay.
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Barcode: NBG0197570-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 2930 | 2003-9-4
South Africa, Western Cape, Vredendal. E of Brand se Baai, on Houtkraal 143; 1km SW of Sandkop. 31°14'.315"S: 17°59'139"E.
General notes: Fynbos biome. Namakwa sand fynbos vegetation. Plateau. Well-drained, sandy soil. Full sun. No slope. No biotic effect seen. Shrub. Sprawling with large underground stems. Flowers yellow. Fruit present. Plant height 0.15m. Common. Area likely to be mined. Old dune plumes.
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Barcode: PRE0825432-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Breda, PAB, 4363 | 1975-9-16
South Africa, Western Cape, Clanwilliam District: On Graaffwater town commonage.
General notes: Det: G Germishuizen
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Barcode: NBG0014781-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 15052 | 1943-9-29
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg Dist. Redelinghhuys.
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Barcode: NBG0065969-0 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 9781 | 1962-11-6
South Africa, Northern Cape, Calvinia. Arendskloof Farm, near Nieuwoudtville.
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Barcode: NBG0014789-0 Collector(s) & number: Bolus, I, 8972 | 1897-10-
South Africa, Western Cape, Cederbergen. Near Wupperthal.
General notes: Alt. 1900 ft.
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Barcode: NBG0199213-0 Collector(s) & number: Le Roux, A, 374 | --
South Africa, Northern Cape, Namaqualand. Karootjie 316.
General notes: Karoo vegetation. Dune plain. Well-drained, red-brown, sandy soil. Level slope. Acock's Veld Type 34. Unknown disturbance. Local, occasional. Perennial erect dwarf, shrub. Yellow flowers. Green fruit.
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Barcode: NBG0014782-0 Collector(s) & number: Barker, WF, 3637 | 1945-9-2
South Africa, Western Cape, Namaqualand Dist. Klaver.
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Barcode: NBG0014787-0 Collector(s) & number: Parker, RN, 3588 | 1941-8-31
South Africa, Western Cape, Piquetberg-Clanwilliam. Between Citrusdal & Piquetberg.
General notes: Twisted undershrub, semi-erect, 30-45 cm long.
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Barcode: NBG0159466-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Rooyen, MW, 499 | 1997-8-20
South Africa, Western Cape, Cederberg. Wuppertal, Boesmanskloof.
General notes: Acocks Veld Type No. 69. Fynbos. Well-drained, yellow-brown, sandy soil. Bedrock. Plateau. Level slope. Roadside. Annual herb 0,60 m high with yellow flowers. Tussock. Occasional. Voucher specimen for Field Guide of Cederberg and Environs.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE1022061-0 Collector(s) & number: Le Roux, MM, MIR305 | 2021-10-3
South Africa, Western Cape, Ca. 24 km N of Clanwilliam along the N7, next to the road.
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Barcode: NBG0199231-0 Collector(s) & number: Marsh, JA, 781 | 1968-9-12
South Africa, Western Cape, 16 mls from Clanwilliam to Lambert's Bay.
General notes: Sandy in rocky hills, Restio patch. Yellow flowers, bush radiating out along ground.
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Barcode: PRE0393838-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 18568 | 1955-11-4
South Africa, Northern Cape, CALVINIA DIV.; LOKENBURG HOUSE; 2 MI. N. OF LOKENBURG HOUSE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1524452-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 9356 | 2018-10-30
South Africa, Western Cape, 5 km N of Klawer; Kleinfontein 212; inland dunes.
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Barcode: PRE0458092-0 Collector(s) & number: Marsh, JA, 781 | 1968-9-12
South Africa, Western Cape, 16 MI. FROM CLANWILLIAM TO LAMBERTS BAY
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Barcode: NBG0199226-0 Collector(s) & number: Thompson, MF, 3537 | 1977-10-5
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town. Between Elandsfontein West and Maanmanskop.
General notes: Locally common, spreading. Flowers bright yellow. Rhizomatous.
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Barcode: NBG0109275-0 Collector(s) & number: Wisura, W, 3486 | 1975-9-19
South Africa, Western Cape, Clanwilliam. Near Paleisheuwel Station north of Het Kruis.
General notes: Numerous along the road and adjacent veld. Flowers yellow; bush ±70 cm high.
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Barcode: NBG0278557-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 7576 | 2012-7-18
South Africa, Northern Cape, 35 km SW of Nuwerus; Houtkraal 143; ridge north of Groot Goeraap River. 31°11'49.9" S; 17°59'29.4" E. Altitude: 120 m.
General notes: Fynbos biome. Namaqualand Sand Fynbos vegetation. Gentle, hill slope, dune (desert). Well-drained, sandy soil. Full sun. S aspect. No biotic effect seen. Shrub. Flowers yellow, present. Branches sprawling, to 0.5 m long. Fruit present. Plant height 0.4 m. Uncommon. Deep, red sands on dune ridges.
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Barcode: NBG1488035-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 8535 | 2013-10-11
South Africa, Western Cape, 1 km S of Vredendal; Draaihoek 293.
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Barcode: NBG0228202-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Rensburg, WLJ, 157 | 1959-10-16
South Africa, Western Cape, Darling Dist. Near Ysterfontein.
General notes: Veld Type 34. Sand along the coast. Low growing shrub. Flowers yellow.
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Barcode: PRE0393906-0 Collector(s) & number: Liebenberg, LCC, 4250 | 1948-10-22
South Africa, Western Cape, PIQUETBERG DIV.
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Barcode: PRE0393892-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Breda, PAB, 352 | 1948-11-
South Africa, Western Cape, PIQUETBERG DIV.
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Barcode: PRE0390295-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 23398 | 1963-11-1
South Africa, Northern Cape, NAMAQUALAND; KOTZESRUS; 4.8 MI. NNW. OF KOTZERUS
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Barcode: NBG0252939-0 Collector(s) & number: Jardine, I, 582 | 2006-11-15
South Africa, Western Cape, Knolfontein, Swartruggens. 60 km NE of Ceres. 32°53'45.3" S; 19°38'34.9" E.
General notes: Fynbos biome. Mountain Fynbos vegetation. Plateau, stream bank. Well-drained, sandy soil. Sandstone. Full sun. No slope. Disturbed. Shrub. Flowers yellow, no odour. Much branched from base. Leaves grey-green and jointed. Fruit absent. Plant height 40 cm.
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Barcode: PRE0393890-0 Collector(s) & number: Acocks, JPH, 20669 | 1959-10-13
South Africa, Western Cape, HOPEFIELD DIV.; 1.6 MI. SE. BY E OF HOPEFIELD
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Barcode: NBG0228211-0 Collector(s) & number: le Roux, M, 6 | 2005-11-25
South Africa, Western Cape, 16 km North of Clanwilliam. S 32° 2.809', E 18° 47.914'
General notes: Alt. 193.2 m. Strandveld, in deep sand. Suffrutex, 0.7 m high. Occasionally. DNA, FAA and alkaloid material collected.
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This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2013
SERIES CHAPTER
Fabaceae: Lebeckia Boatwright, JSIn: DA Snijman (ed.), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 2: The Extra Cape flora. Strelitzia 30: 389-389
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2012
SERIES CHAPTER
Fabaceae: Lebeckia Thunb. Boatwright, JSIn: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 559-560
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2007
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. sepiaria group Le Roux, MM; Van Wyk, B-ESouth African Journal of Botany 73: 118-130
2000
SERIES
Cape Plants. A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa Goldblatt, P; Manning, JCStrelitzia 9: 1-743
South African National Biodiversity Institute; Missouri Botanical Garden, Pretoria; Missouri
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