Grona triflora (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

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Grona triflora

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Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare

Grona triflora

Photo: Mark Hyde
Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare

Grona triflora

Photo: Mark Hyde
Near entrance to MacDonald Park, Harare

Grona triflora

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Amongst the chalets, Casa Msika

Grona triflora

Photo: Mark Hyde
Amongst the chalets, Casa Msika

Grona triflora

Photo: Mark Hyde
Amongst the chalets, Casa Msika

Grona triflora

Photo: Bart Wursten
Airstrip Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park

Grona triflora

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Airstrip Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park

Grona triflora

Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Lower slopes Mt Mabu.

Grona triflora

Photo: David Gwynne-Evans
Lower slopes Mt Mabu.

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Synonyms: Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
Hedysarum triflorum L.
Common names: Three-flower tick-trefoil (English)
Frequency:
Status: Introduced
Description:
Prostrate, annual or perennial herb, forming large mats. Stems much-branched, bristly hairy. Leaves resembling a Trifolium, 3-foliolate; leaflets 4-14 × 4-12 mm, obovate, rounded to emarginate at the apex, glabrous above, pilose beneath; petiole 4-11 mm long. Flowers 1-3 in leaf axils, borne on 5-10 mm pedicels. Calyx hairy. Standard blue, purple, reddish or pink. Fruit of 2-5 articles; one margin ± straight, the other indented; articles 2-3.5 mm long. Seeds brown.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: triflorum: with flowers in threes
Habitat: A weed of lawns and roadsides
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Widespread in the tropics.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
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Images last updated: Thursday 3 June 2010
Literature:

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 47. as Desmodium triflorum

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2019). Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae) of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands Journal of Japanese Botany 94(3) Page 137.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 60. as Desmodium triflorum

Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 14 - 15. as Desmodium triflorum


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Grona triflora.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130900, retrieved 28 March 2024

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