Astragalus atropilosulus
burkeanus
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Borrowdale Common, Harare
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Borrowdale Common, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common, Harare
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Astragalus atropilosulus (Hochst.) Bunge subsp. abyssinicus (Hochst.) J.B. Gillett var. burkeanus |
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| Status: | Native |
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Perennial herb or somewhat scrambling subshrub. Leaves pinnate, usually with some hairs on the rhachis, stipule large and leaf-like (see the first photo). Flowers in terminal racemes, varying in colour from nearly white to deep purple-pink, occasionally yellow. Pods papery, conspicuously veined with only one side impressed over the seeds. |
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| Habitat: | On roadsides, cultivated ground and seasonally wet grasslands. It is also found in miombo woodland and on termite mounds. |
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| FZ divisions: | T |
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| Images last updated: | Thursday 29 May 2008 |
| 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 155. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 8. As Astragalus atropilosulus burkeanus burkeanus Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 5. As Astragalus atropilosulus burkeanus burkeanus Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 217. as Astragalus atropilosulus burkeanus burkeanus 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 46. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 19 - 21. As Astragalus atropilosulus abyssinicus (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 114. |
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