Derivation of specific name
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barbatum: with tufts of hairs, bearded
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Desmodium barbatum (L.) Benth.
var. dimorphum (Welw. ex Baker) B.G. Schub. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130790
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Erect or procumbent perennial herb. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate, often on the same plant. Leaflets elliptic-oblong to ovate. All parts densely hairy. Inflorescences terminal and axillary. Flowers deflexed on long pedicels, blue to mauve, often with darker purple spots inside. Fruits in 3-6 articles; margin straight on one side, curved on the other.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Desmodium barbatum (L.) Benth.
var. dimorphum (Welw. ex Baker) B.G. Schub. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130790
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Desmodium barbatum (L.) Benth.
var. dimorphum (Welw. ex Baker) B.G. Schub. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130790
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Angola, Botswana, Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Madagascar.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Desmodium barbatum (L.) Benth.
var. dimorphum (Welw. ex Baker) B.G. Schub. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=130790
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
