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Grona triflora
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Amongst the chalets, Casa Msika
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Amongst the chalets, Casa Msika
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Amongst the chalets, Casa Msika
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Airstrip Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park
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Airstrip Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu.
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu.
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| Synonyms: |
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC. Hedysarum triflorum L. |
| Common names: | Three-flower tick-trefoil (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Prostrate, annual or perennial herb, forming large mats. Stems much-branched, bristly hairy. Leaves resembling a Trifolium, 3-foliolate; leaflets 4-14 × 4-12 mm, obovate, rounded to emarginate at the apex, glabrous above, pilose beneath; petiole 4-11 mm long. Flowers 1-3 in leaf axils, borne on 5-10 mm pedicels. Calyx hairy. Standard blue, purple, reddish or pink. Fruit of 2-5 articles; one margin ± straight, the other indented; articles 2-3.5 mm long. Seeds brown. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | triflorum: with flowers in threes |
| Habitat: | A weed of lawns and roadsides |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in the tropics. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z,MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 5 June 2021 |
| Literature: |
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 47. as Desmodium triflorum Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. (2019). Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae) of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands Journal of Japanese Botany 94(3) Page 137. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 60. as Desmodium triflorum Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Pages 14 - 15. as Desmodium triflorum |
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