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Synonyms: |
Heteromorpha kassneri H. Wolff |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Suffrutex or small shrub, less than 2 m high, usually with several stems arising from a strong woody rootstock, often with some minute hairs. Leaves very variable, 3-foliolate or irregularly pinnatifidly lobed or pinnate; leaflets elliptic to slighly obovate, 35-65 mm long, usually with at least some hairs on midrib and margin, sharply pointed at the apex; petiole 1-9 cm long, sometimes hairy. Flowers small yellowish, in large, densely flowered double umbels, up 18 cm in diameter. Fruit oval, 3-7 mm long, usually hairy and shallowly winged or ribbed. |
Notes: | See H. stenophylla for comparison. |
Derivation of specific name: | involucrata: with an involucre, a whorl of bracts subtending the inflorescence. |
Habitat: | In woodland, often miombo. |
Altitude range: | |
Flowering time: | Jan - Apr |
Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and northeastern South Africa. |
Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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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: | Friday 17 May 2019 |
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 63. Also as Heteromorpha kassneri Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 723. (Includes a picture). Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 581. As Heteromorpha kassneri Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. 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 18. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 23. |
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