Observations by n_case_w

Perennial? parasitic herb up to 20 cm tall. Stems glabrous. Leaves scale-like, c. 4 mm long. Inflorescence spicate, calyx sparsely hairy, up to 6 mm long, corolla c. 8 mm long.

Growing in miombo woodland in sandy loam soil.

NCW1197

Suffrutrex up to 30 cm tall from creeping woody rootstock. Leaves evergreen, elliptic obovate-oblanceolate, up 8 x 3 cm. Flowers solitary, sessile, pleasantly fragrant, c. 3-4 cm across.

Growing in degraded Kalahari woodland (due to shifting agriculture) in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1301

Annual? herb c. 50-60 cm tall. Whole plant appearing glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, c. 10 x 1.5-2 cm, margins toothed. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, capitula solitary, c. 1 cm across.

Growing in degraded seepage grassland heavily grazed and converted to seasonal agricultural use in clay loam soil.

Perennial herb growing from a woody rootstock with 1-few annual stems up to 1 m tall. Stems glabrous, ribbed. Leaves elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, up to 10 x 2 cm. Capitula solitary on loose panicle, c. 15 mm across.

Growing in slightly degraded Kalahari woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1300

Annual herb up to 90 cm tall, unbranched below but branching above in flower. Leaves linear, up to 70 x 2-2.5 mm, margins revolute. Inflorescence terminal; capitula solitary, c. 6-7 x 7-9 mm.

Growing in degraded Kalahari woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1299

Annual herb up to 20 cm tall. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, c. 2-3 x 1 cm. Inflorescences terminal, dense, c. 1-1.5 cm across. Corolla c 1-1.5 mm long.

Growing in degraded Kalahari woodland in Kalahari Sands.

Perennial herb growing from a small rhizome with wiry roots with possible tubers at the tips. Stem up to 70 cm tall. Leaves grass-like, in 2 rows, linear-lanceolate, hairy on the nerves. Inflorescence peduncle winged, inflorescence branched. Flowers c. 2-3 cm across, tepals c. 9 x 5 mm.

Growing in slightly degraded Kalahari woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1297

Annual herb up to 30 cm tall, unbranched or branching near base. Stems glabrous to glabrescent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, up to 10 x 1-2 mm. Spathes c. 12 mm long. Claw petals c. 7-8 mm long.

Growing in grassland to open wooded grassland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1294

Annual herb up to 45 cm tall. Stems with simple hairs and leaves with stellate hairs. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, c. 30 x 15 mm, margins serrate, petiole up to 9 mm long. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, c. 7-8 mm across.

Growing in wooded grassland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1292

Annual herb with many ascending branches up to 60-70 cm long. Stems covered in short hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole c. 5 mm long, leaflets elliptic-lanceolate. Stipules lanceolate, c. 2-3 mm long. Inflorescences up to 7 cm long. Standard c. 6 mm tall, keel c. 8-9 mm long. Pods oblong to obovoid, pubescent.

Growing degraded secondary Baikaea woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1290

Annual herb up to 65 cm tall. Stems pubescent, branching about the middle. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole c. 25-30 mm long, leaflets elliptic to obovate, median largest, up to 60 x 30 mm. Inflorescences terminal, spicate. Standard c. 10 mm tall, wings c. 5 mm long, keel c. 10-11 mm. Pods pubescent.

Growing in riverine grassland clearing beside Zambezi River at Ngonye Falls in sandy loam soil.

NCW1288

Annual herb up to 40 cm tall, laxly to many branched. Plants glabrous to glabrescent. Leaves opposite, linear, up to 25 x 1-1.5 mm, petiole c. 1 mm long. Cyathia solitary, c. 2 x 2 mm, with 2 larger pink or white petal-like appendages up to 3 x 3 mm.

Growing in Kalahari (miombo) woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1284

Suffrutrex with numerous stems c. 45 cm tall forming mounds c. 1-1.5 m across. Stems sparsely hairy. Leaves elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, glabrous above and shortly hairy below. Inflorescences clustered in leaf axils below. Corolla c. 15 mm long, lobes c. 5 x 5 mm.

Growing in Kalahari (miombo) woodland in Kalahari Sands.

1281

Perennial herb growing from a woody rootstock with numerous annual stems up to 2 m long. Stems pubescent, quadrangular below but less so above. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, up to 45 x 19 mm, margins serrate, petiole c. 2-3 mm. Inflorescences laxly paniculate up to 45 cm long. Corolla c. 13 mm long, tube c. 7 mm long.

Growing in Kalahari (miombo) woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1282

Perennial herb with 1-few stems from a woody rootstock. All parts, except capitula, densely white tomentose. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, up to 60 x 14 mm, margins tinged brown tomentose. Capitula solitary, c. 20-25 x 10-13 mm.

Growing in Kalahari (miombo)woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1280

Perennial? herb with stems up to 40 cm tall, hairy. Leaves elliptic, subsessile, up to 50 x 14 mm, hairy. Inflorescences axillary. Flowers c. 5 mm long.

Growing in Kalahari (miombo) woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1275

Perennial herb with creeping stems up to 1.2 m long. Whole plant covered in stellate hairs. Leaves ovate to narrowly ovate, up to 40 x 30 mm, petiole c. 10 mm long. Flowers in axillary racemes c. 8 cm long and appearing paniculate at stem apex. Calyx lobes c. 6 mm long.

Growing along course of seasonal stream or drainage line within secondary Baikaea woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1270

Annual herb up to 20 cm tall. Stem pubescent to hairy. Leaves deeply 3-lobed so as to appear 3-foliolate c. 30 x 25 mm, pubescent, petiole up to 20 mm long. Flowers solitary, epically absent, calyx lobes c. 7 mm.

Growing in degraded Kalahari scrubland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1266

Perennial? parasitic herb with 1-several flowering shoots sprouting from the soil. Leaves scale-like, c 4 mm long. Inflorescences spicate, unbranched or branching near base. Flowers c. 10 mm across.

Growing in degraded Kalahari scrubland in Kalahari Sands.

Annual herb with a long taproot and numerous stems up to 25 cm tall, branching near base. Stems shortly white hairy. Leaves pinnately 11-foliolate, terminal leaflet largest, up to 32 x 7-8 mm, hairy above and more densely below. Inflorescences in axillary racemes. Flowers c. 8-10 mm across. Pods c. 40 x 3 mm, shortly pubescent.

Growing in degraded Kalahari scrubland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1265

Annual herb up to 30 cm tall. Stem branching from base to middle, pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, petiole c. 20 mm long, leaflets ovate, median largest, c. 35 x 15 mm, glabrous above and appressed hairy below. Inflorescences terminal. Standard c. 7-8 x 8-9 mm, keel c. 9 mm long.

Growing in degraded secondary Baikaea woodland along path in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1263

Shrub c. 2 m tall. Leaves absent at flowering. Flowers c. 1-1.5 cm across, fragrant.

Growing in degraded Kalahari woodland in Kalahari Sands and most likely flowering out of season due to unseasonal weather during drought of 2024.

Suffrutrex with numerous glabrous stems up to 30 cm long. Leaves elliptic, c. 5-6 x 2-3 cm. Inflorescences axillary, few-flowered. Corolla tube c. 3-4 mm long, corolla lobes slightly longer. Flowers sweetly scented.

Growing in degraded Kalahari woodland in Kalahari Sands.

NCW1262

Annual herb up to 70-80 cm tall with branched or unbranched glabrous stems. Leaves pinnately divided with linear lobes, c. 10-15 cm long overall. Capitula solitary, up to 3-4 cm across.

Growing in rocky escarpment miombo woodland on roadside in sandy gravelly soils.

NCW1260

Annual herb up to 60-70 cm tall with appressed upwardly hairy unbranched or sparsely branching stems. Leaves 3-foliolate, shortly petiolate, leaflets narrowly elliptic, c. 20-25 x 4-5 mm. Inflorescences terminal and in axils of upper leaves, 1-3-flowered. Standard c. 5-6 mm tall, keel and wings c. 4-5 mm long.

Growing on drier upper margins of seepage wooded grassland in sandy loam soil.

NCW1255

Perennial clumping herb growing from unknown rootstock, c. 60-70 cm tall in flower. Leaves linear, apparently basal, tufted, c. 25-30 cm long and less than 5 mm wide. Inflorescence laxly several-flowered. Claw petals c. 2-3 cm long.

Growing in seepage wooded grassland in sandy loam soil.

Perennial herb growing from a woody rootstock with 1-few annual stems up to 70-80 cm tall in flower. Leaves oblanceolate, c. 20-25 x 5-10 cm. Inflorescence few-flowered, capitula c. 2-3 cm long x 1 cm wide.

Growing in wooded grassland beside seasonal pan over rock pavement in sandy loam soil.

NCW1246