Trachyandra arvensis (Schinz) Oberm.

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Records of this taxon from Caprivi are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
9328309 Apr 2014E Tjiteere
E Tjiteere
14/ch-19
D Aiyambo
WIND

Common to abundant in woodland savanna on flat plain. Growing in well-drained sandy soil, in full sun. Biotic effect: road/rail side and recently burnt.Caprivi, Mukwe District: Bwabwata National Park - East, Chetto village, south of Trans Caprivi Highway.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 0Annual herb, 70 cm high. Stem green, round, hollow, seems lying flat on the ground, stems very small often buried in ground, brown to dark grey. Leaves are soft, dark to shining green. Flowers small, yellow, with finger-like petals. Pedicel is branched and the seeds develop at end of branched pedicel. Fruit are dark green, round balls.5
9534608 Mar 1958JWH Giess
H Merxmüller
H Merxmüller
1962
A Sölch
WIND

Caprivi: Grootfontein North - Caprivizipfel. Andara, island in Okavango.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A2 0Notes: Quoted in:Bothalia 7,4:740 (1962) by A. A. Obermeyer.Quoted in:Prodromus einer Flora von Sdwestafrika 147:70 (1970).2
9212824 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodlandD3527 Turn-off to Dzoti Conservancy0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B4 9417
91077427 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Clearing and grassy depression at margin of riverine fringe forest end woodland on kalahari sandNear solar pannels, Ngepi Camp, Kavango River0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821B1 9917
93398021 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes
1171
MM Hochobes
WIND

Caprivi: Omega 3.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 10130.5 m high; Herb; Notes: Smooth, many branched herb, 0.5m high. Flowers: yellow, corolla curved outwards.5
93123020 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
S Bartsch
1760
S Rügheimer
WIND

Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park, Omega fire strip/cutline.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C3 1038Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 40 - 60 cm high. Inflorescence a much-branched panicle. Flowers single, pale yellow, tepals reflexed, filaments pubescent. Leaves in a basal rosette, erect, long and linear, fleshy, terete or angular in cross section, dark green, each leaf enclosed in a pink membranous sheath at the base. Growing below shrubs in Omuramba.5

Total records found: 6



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Records of: Trachyandra arvensis.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=113200, retrieved 5 December 2025

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