Home | > | List of families | > | Fabaceae subfamily Papilionoideae | > | Tephrosia | > | linearis |
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Frequency: | Common |
Status: | Native |
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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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Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 4 March 2006 |
Literature: |
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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