Derivation of specific name
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namulensis: of Namuli in Mozambique (Zambezia)
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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). Lotus namulensis Brand Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=128560
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial herb with annual stems growing from a woody rootstock. Stems erect or ascending, quadrangular and grooved, up to 40 cm long, usually flowering when much shorter, sometimes covered with long spreading hairs. Leaves with 5 leaflets, rarely 3-4; basal leaflets asymmetrically ovate, apical leaflets narrower, oblanceolate, hairless to sparsely hairy on both surfaces but with long spreading hairs on the midrib and margin. flowers in 4-8-flowered umbels; peduncle 35-110 mm long. Corolla white, often tinged with pink. Pods terete, up to 38 mm, purplish-grey.
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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). Lotus namulensis Brand Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=128560
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northern S Africa
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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). Lotus namulensis Brand Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=128560
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings