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Frequency: | Locally very abundant |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Semi-prostrate annual herb. Leaves imparipinnate with 3-7 leaflets; leaflets narrowly ovate-elliptic, with appressed whitish hairs, especially below. Flowers in axillary spikes, bright pink to almost red. Pod curved, slightly constricted over the seeds, tipped by the recurved remains of the style, covered with appressed whitish hairs, straw-coloured when ripe. |
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Derivation of specific name: | holubii: named after Emil Holub (1847-1902), Czechoslovakian medical docter, traveller and naturalist, who collected many plants in South Africa. |
Habitat: | On dry gravelly soils in grassland and open Acacia-Commiphora-Terminalia woodland. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Dec - Apr |
Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo, North-West, Northern Cape and Western Cape) |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 12 October 2008 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 190 - 191. (Includes a picture). Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds) (2003). Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 Page 518. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 270. (Includes a picture). Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa. A checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Page 308. 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 31 - 32. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 68. |
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