Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Aeschynomene | > | rhodesiaca |
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Frequency: | Occasional |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb with prostrate stems, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves pinnate with 4-7 pairs of oblanceolate leaflets, blue-green; stipules large and leaf-like. Flowers in few-flowered, axillary inflorescences, bright yellow with feint red veining. Pods in 1-3 segments. |
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Derivation of specific name: | rhodesiaca: of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). |
Habitat: | In moist grassland among rocks. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1050 - 2250 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and Mozambique |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 30 July 2015 |
Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. 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. Verdcourt, B. (1974). Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca Kirkia 9(2) Page 412. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 92 - 93. |
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