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Synonyms: |
Argyrolobium andrewsianum (E. Mey.) Steud. Argyrolobium shirense Taub. Cytisus tomentosus Andrews |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | Locally frequent |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect or scrambling small shrub, up to 2 m tall. Stems with appressed or spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, with leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, sparsely woolly above, more densely so beneath. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, 8-32-flowered, sometimes fairly lax and elongated but often compact and short; peduncles 2-10 cm long. Flowers, yellow, turning orange-red with age; standard hairy on the outside. Pods c. 3-6 cm long, oblong, slightly curved. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | tomentosum: tomentose, densely woolly |
Habitat: | On rocky slopes in Brachystegia woodland, along forest margins, in moist grassland, and along the margins of rivers and vleis. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 600 - 1800 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | north-eastern DRC, Uganda, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Tuesday 21 July 2015 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 152. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 65. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 245. 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 46. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 261 - 262. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 57. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 268 - 269. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94. |
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