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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Erect subshrub, stems 10-40 cm tall, from woody rootstock, usually flowering after burns. Stems at first with tubercular-based hairs, later ± glabrous. Leaves 12-24 foliolate. Stipules appendaged at base. Inflorescences axillary, several- to 10-flowered, sometimes branched. Bracts persistent or tardily dehiscent. Articles of fruit glabrous. |
Type location: |
Zambia, Lake Bangweulu |
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Derivation of specific name: | glauca (glaucous): light sea-green |
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Flowering time: | Sep |
Worldwide distribution: | Regional: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique; DR Congo, Tanzania |
FZ divisions: | C,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 112. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 95. Verdcourt, B. (2000). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(6) Page 96. |