Triumfetta pilosa Roth[Agg]

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Stapleford road near junction with Penhalonga road

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Description:	Small shrub up to c. 1·3 m tall; stems often quadrangular, sparingly stellate-pubescent or densely hairy, often with tubercle-based hairs. Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 5–12 cm long, acutely pointed at the apex, rounded to cordate at the base, puberulous or pubescent or densely tomentose especially beneath; margin coarsely serrate; petiole up to c. 5 cm long; stipules subulate, up to 8 mm long. Inflorescences leafy, of small clusters crowded at the nodes; peduncles and pedicels very short, mostly less than 5 mm long; bracts linear or lanceolate-linear, 2–4 mm long, setulose-pubescent. Sepals linear, 7–10 mm long, pubescent or with long hairs. Petals yellow, linear to oblanceolate-linear, slightly shorter than the sepals, ciliate at the base. Stamens 8–10. Fruit 1·5–2·7 cm in diameter including the aculei; aculei 0·5–1 cm. long, hairless or long hairy, sharply curved down at the apex.
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Derivation of specific name:	pilosa: pilose or with long soft hairs.
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. Also in India.
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 90 - 91. (Includes a picture). Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 282 - 283. (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 416 - 417. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Triumfetta pilosa
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