Tephrosia linearis (Willd.) Pers.[Agg]

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Tephrosia linearis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Below dam wall, Cleveland Dam

Tephrosia linearis

Photo: Bart Wursten
Below dam wall, Cleveland Dam

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Frequency: Common
Status: Native
Description:
Slender, erect, branched herb. Leaves imparipinnate with linear leaflets, grey-green above, pale greyish below. Flowers apricot-orange in lax terminal inflorescences. Pods flattened with short soft hairs.
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Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E
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Images last updated: Saturday 4 March 2006
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34.

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 51.


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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Tephrosia linearis
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Flora of Mozambique: Tephrosia linearis
Flora of Zambia: Tephrosia linearis

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tephrosia linearis
African Plant Database: Tephrosia linearis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tephrosia linearis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tephrosia linearis
JSTOR Plant Science: Tephrosia linearis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tephrosia linearis
Plants of the World Online: Tephrosia linearis
Tropicos: Tephrosia linearis
Wikipedia: Tephrosia linearis


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: Tephrosia linearis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=164270, retrieved 18 April 2024

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