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Rhynchosia insignis
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Shenstone, Mt Hampden
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Shenstone, Mt Hampden
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Shenstone, Mt Hampden
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| Synonyms: |
Eriosema insigne O. Hoffm. Eriosema randii Baker f. & Haydon Rhynchosia subaphylla Baker f. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect, very sticky glandular, perennial herb growing from a woody rootstock. Stems several, branching near the base, up to 90 cm, more or less velvety pubescent with longer yellowish glandular hairs. Leaves 1-3 foliolate; leaflets round, ovate or elliptic to lanceolate, 1.5-9 cm long, pubescent to velvety on both surfaces. Flowers in lax racemes, usually appearing when the plant is almost leafless. Standard deep yellow, veined purple and often drying entirely purple outside. Pods sickly-shaped, 20-26 mm long, greenish, heavily veined and blotched purple, pubescent with numerous glandular based hairs. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | insignis: handsome, decorative |
| Habitat: | In grassland and woodland, often in rocky places, conspicuous after grass fires. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC (Katanga), Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,T,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 167. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 226. Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Page 191. 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 51. |
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