Triumfetta annua L.

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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect annual herb, up to 60 cm. Young stems pubescent and often with a line of hairs on opposite sides along the stems. Leaves ovate, up to 12 cm, becoming narrower and shorter, higher on the stems, 3-5 veined from the base; apex acutely acuminate; margin coarsely serrate or crenate. Flowers in axillary clusters, yellow. Sepals often tipped dark red, linear, narrower and longer than the petals. Fruit c. 15 mm in diameter including the bristles or aculei.
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Derivation of specific name:	annua: annual
Habitat:	Along the edges of forest and scrub or in cultivated and disturbed places, usually in shady situations.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in Tropical Africa, Namibia, and northern South Africa. Also in Madagascar, India, China and Malaysia.
Mozambique distribution:	MS,M
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Content last updated:	Friday 27 May 2022
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 90 - 91. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 279. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. 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 81. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 109. Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 75. As forma annua & forma peligea

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Triumfetta annua
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