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Fir Capegorse
Aspalathus abietina
About
Aspalathus abietina, commonly known as the fir Capegorse, is a small to medium-sized shrub belonging to the family Fabaceae. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Wolseley to the Cape Peninsula and southwards to the Anysberg in the Bredasdorp district. The plant has a range of 12 858 km2 and there are ten subpopulations. It has already lost habitat on the Cape Flats and the population is currently stable.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Aspalathus abietina
- Slug
- aspalathus-abietina
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Aspalathus
- Species
- abietina
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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