Triumfetta angolensis Sprague & Hutch.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Triumfetta

Characteristics

Erect or rather lax perennial herb about 0.6 m tall branching from the base, stems stellate-pilose. Leaf-blade up to 65 x 30 mm elliptic, ovate-elliptic or lanceolate-oblong, apex subacute or rounded, base subcordate, rounded or broadly cuneate, serrate or crenate-serrate, both sides sparsely stellate-pilose with some simple hairs, a little more densely so below, nerves rather raised beneath; petiole up to 13 mm long, stellate-pilose; stipules about 3 mm long, subulate, setose-pilose. Inflorescence leafy, of 2-5 small cymes per node; peduncles about 3 mm long, pubescent; pedicels similar, 2-3 mm long, usually three together, pilose; bracts up to 2.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate, forming an involucre, setose-pilose. Sepals reddish brown, 5 mm long, linear, stellate-pubescent outside, subapical horn 0.5 mm long, bearing simple setose hairs. Petals yellow, about 5 mm long, oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, ciliate just above the base. Androgynophore 0.5 mm tall with transversely elliptic-oblong glands opposite the petal bases; annulus with a ciliate margin. Stamens 9-10; filaments about 5 mm long. Ovary subglobose, 4-locular. Capsule about 8 mm in diam. including the prickles; prickles broadening to the base, shortly pilose, with 2-5 spreading setae at the apex.
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Leaf-lamina up to 6 × 3 cm., elliptic, ovate-elliptic or lanceolate-oblong, apex subacute or rounded, margin serrate or crenate-serrate, base sub-cordate or rounded or broadly cuneate, both surfaces sparsely stellate-pilose with some simple hairs, a little more densely so below, nerves rather raised beneath; petiole up to 1–3 cm., stellate-pilose; stipules c. 3 mm. long, subulate, setose-pilose.
Inflorescences leafy, of c. 2–5 small cymes per node; peduncles of cymes c. 3 mm. long, pubescent; pedicels similar, c. three together, 2–3 mm. long, pilose; bracts up to 2·5 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, forming an involucre, setose-pilose.
Fruit c. 8 mm. in diam. including the aculei; aculei broadening towards the base, shortly pilose, with 2–5 spreading setae at the apex.
Sepals reddish-brown, 5 mm. long, linear, stellate-pubescent outside, subapical horn 0·5 mm. long, bearing simple setose hairs.
Erect or lax perennial herb, 0.6 m high. Prickles on fruit terminated by crown of 2-5 minute setae. Flowers yellow.
Androgynophore 0·5 mm. long, with transversely elliptic-oblong glands; annulus with a ciliate margin.
Erect or rather lax perennial herb c. 0·6 m. tall, branching from the base; stems stellate-pilose.
Petals yellow, c. 5 mm. long, oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, ciliate just above the base.
Stamens 9–10; filaments c. 5 mm. long.
Ovary subglobose, 4-locular.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Triumfetta angolensis world distribution map, present in Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:835729-1
WFO ID wfo-0000457294
COL ID 595GR
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Synonyms

Triumfetta angolensis