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Indigofera longipedicellata
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Mt Rukotso, Nyanga
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Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park.
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Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Nyangani, Nyanga National Park.
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| Frequency: | Locally fairly common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Mat-forming perennial herb with prostrate branched stems up to 60 cm long. Leaves pinnately 9-15-foliolate, up to 3 cm long. Leaflets elliptic, 2-5 mm long, hairless above, sparsely hairy beneath; petiole 1-4 mm long; stipules spreading, 1-3-mm long. Inflorescences in racemes 2-7 cm long on peduncles 13-36 mm long; bracts lanceolate to subulate, 1-1.5 mm long, persistent; pedicels 4-7 mm long, slender. Corolla deep pink to red, back of the standard whitish velvety. Pod subcylindrical, 15-19 mm long, hairless. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | longepedicellata: with a long flower stalk (pedicel) |
| Habitat: | In dolerite grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1900 - 2560 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to the high mountains in the Nyanga-Troutbeck area, Eastern Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 7 January 2019 |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 221. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 180. Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 141. 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 68 - 69. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Indigofera longipedicellataAfrican Plant Database: Indigofera longipedicellata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Indigofera longipedicellata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Indigofera longipedicellata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Indigofera longipedicellata
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iNaturalist: Indigofera longipedicellata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Indigofera longipedicellata
JSTOR Plant Science: Indigofera longipedicellata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Indigofera longipedicellata
Plants of the World Online: Indigofera longipedicellata
Tropicos: Indigofera longipedicellata
Wikipedia: Indigofera longipedicellata
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