| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Lessertia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Druce trib. Galegeae |
| Bibliography | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 632 (1917) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves pinnate, leaflets obovate, cuneate or obcordate, rigid, glabrous, stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, racemes shortly pedunculate, dense, few flowered |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | bright purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Colutea pubescens Thunb. Coluteastrum capense (P.J.Bergius) Kuntze Coluteastrum pubescens (Thunb.) Kuntze Galega striata Thunb. Lessertia astragalina Meisn. Lessertia pubescens (Thunb.) DC. Lessertia pulchra Sims Lessertia venusta Eckl. & Zeyh. Orobus capensis (P.J.Bergius) Spreng. Tephrosia striata (Thunb.) Pers. Vicia capensis P.J.Bergius |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |