Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Alysicarpus | > | zeyheri |
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Frequency: | Common |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect, somewhat spreading perennial herb, up to 1.2 m. Leaves simple, near linear to elliptic, apex mucronate, finely hairy with longer hairs on the undersurface. Inflorescences terminal, flowers purple with lighter, salmon-pink standard; calyx lobes pubescent and ciliate. Fruit 7-15 mm long, well exserted from the calyx, constricted between the seeds, surface fairly smooth with very obscure transverse ridges, mostly velvety. |
Notes: | Red data list status: Lower Risk, Least Concern |
Derivation of specific name: | zeyheri: named after Carl Zeyher, 1799 - 1858, a German naturalist |
Habitat: | A species of open woodland and grassland, often on burnt ground or in damp sandy soil. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1540 m |
Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Widespread in tropical Africa, from Sierra Leone and Ethiopia to South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 11 May 2016 |
Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 216. Fowler, D.G. (2007). Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses, Kew Publishing Page 40. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 57. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 61. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Page 40. (Includes a picture). |
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