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Synonyms: |
Indigofera aspera sensu Baker p.p. non DC. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Prostrate to erect annual herb, growing from a taproot. Stems much-branched, yellowish-green, angular, ribbed, sparsely to densely whitish strigose with appressed hairs. Leaves pinnate with 3-9 leaflets; terminal leaflet narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 12-50 mm long, strigose hairy on both surfaces; lateral leaflets often smaller; petiole 2-26 mm long; rhachis usually prolonged 1-13 mm beyond lateral leaflets. Stipules lanceolate-subulate, 1-5 mm long, more or less erect. Raceme 3-12 cm long, with a peduncle 0.5-2.5 mm long. Corolla 3.5-5.3 mm long, orange-carmine to red, whitish strigose on the back of the standard and the distal margin of the keel. Pod reflexed, curved, 18-36 mm, sparsely strigose. |
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Habitat: | In mopane, Baikiaea, Terminalia or Acacia mixed woodland and wooded grassland on Kalahari sands and in sandy areas by seasonally inundated pans, dambos, rivers and lake margins. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 420 - 1200 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana,Namibia and southern Angola. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 28 July 2016 |
Literature: |
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 69. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. as Indigofera charlieriana Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 167. (Includes a picture). 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 48. Schrire, B.D. (2012). Papilionoideae-Indigofereae Flora Zambesiaca 3(4) Pages 35 - 38. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 67. |
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