Asclepias fulva
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Photo: David Chuba
Mbisi forest, 5km from Sumbuwanga, Tanzania
Photo: David Chuba
Mbisi forest, 5km from Sumbuwanga, Tanzania
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Asclepias viridiflora E. Mey. Pachycarpus fulvus (N. E. Br.) Bullock Pachycarpus viridiflorus E. Mey. Xysmalobium viridiflorum (E. Mey.) D. Dietr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Robust erect perennial herb with an annual stem growing from a tuberous taproot. Stem unbranched covered in short rusty velvety hairs, milky latex present. Leaves opposite, elliptic-ovate, up to c. 6 × 2 cm, pointed at the apex, with short rusty velvety hairs on both surfaces; petiole very short. Inflorescences several, in upper leaf axils, umbelliform, up to 8-flowered. Flowers c. 2.5 cm in diameter; corolla lobes spreading or somewhat reflexed, rusty-brown outside, dull-orange inside. Corona large and erect greenish-yellow, marked with purple and a narrow, raised, purple rim. |
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| Habitat: | Open grassland and Brachystegia or mixed deciduous woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 2100 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, eastern South Africa and Lesotho. |
| FZ divisions: | N,C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 30 October 2011 |
| Literature: |
Goyder, D.J. (2009). A synopsis of Asclepias (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 64 Page 381. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 267. 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 19. |
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