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Synonyms: |
Listia heterophylla E. Mey. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herb with mostly prostrate stems radiating from a strong taproot, often forming mats and rooting at the nodes. Leaves 3-foliolate with narrowly oblong-elliptic to somewhat obovate leaflets, 8-40 mm long, terminal leaflet larger than lateral leaflets, mostly hairless; stipules paired, one larger than the other, linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 mm long. Inflorescences 8-24-flowered, leaf-opposed 2-10 cm long, on erect short shoots. Standard bright yellow to orange, often lined or flushed reddish to purple-brown, somewhat shorter than the keel. Pods plicate with three lateral folds, 7-10 mm long, hairless except for the upper suture. |
Type location: |
South Africa |
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Derivation of specific name: | listii: named after Friedrich Ludwig List, German botanist, author and high school teacher at Tilsit in the first half of the 19th Century.. |
Habitat: | In grassy places along streams and floodplains, in damp sandy spots, along roadsides and in cultivated ground. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, Zimbabwe,Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape South Africa. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,S |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Saturday 11 June 2016 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 37. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 24. Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 223. as Listia heterophylla Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 181. (Includes a picture). 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 49. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Page 237. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 69. |
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