Tephrosia linearis (Willd.) Pers.[Agg]
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Below dam wall, Cleveland Dam
Photo: Bart Wursten
Below dam wall, Cleveland Dam
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Slender, erect, branched herb. Leaves imparipinnate with linear leaflets, grey-green above, pale greyish below. Flowers apricot-orange in lax terminal inflorescences. Pods flattened with short soft hairs. |
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Literature:
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Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34.
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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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Tephrosia linearis. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=164270, retrieved 31 March 2023
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