Asclepias ameliae S. Moore

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Habit
Protea savannah grassland
Lusaka National Park
Dec 2016
Photo: Nick Wightman

Flowers
Protea savannah grassland
Lusaka National Park
Dec 2016
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms:	Asclepias pulchella (Decne.) N. E. Br. Gomphocarpus pulchellus Decne. Trachycalymma pulchellum (Decne.) Bullock
Common names:
Frequency:	Occasional
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial herb growing from a subglose or napiform tuber; stems 20-40 cm tall, erect, unbranched, densely pubescent; leaves with petiole 1-8 mm long, pubescent, lamina 4-7 x 0.5-2 cm, oblong to elliptic, rarely lanceolate or oblanceolate, pubescent with spreading white hairs on both surfaces; inflorescences terminal or extra-axillary in 4-11 flowered ± erect umbels, peduncles (3)5-16 cm long, erect, densely spreading pubescent; pedicels 1-2.5 cm long, pubescent; calyx lobes 4-7(9) x 1-2 mm, narrowly lanceolate, acute, pubescent; corolla broadly campanulate, pinky mauve outside , white or pale pink frequently with deeper veins within, sparsely pubescent towards the apex outside and glabrous within, lobes 7-10 x 4-6 mm, ovate, subacute; corona mostly white but pinkish towards base, lobes 4-5 mm long, fleshy.
Type location:	Angola, between Forte Princeza Amelia and the R. Kubango, 1.xi.1905, Gossweiler 2199 (Holotype BM).
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	ameliae: possibly after Forte Princeza Amelia, near where the type specimen was collected.
Habitat:	Open, mixed deciduous woodlands and occasionally seasonally wet grasslands.
Altitude range:	1200 - 1500 m
Flowering time:	Dec - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	W,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Cb,C
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:	Lower Risk - least concern
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Content last updated:	Thursday 2 July 2020
Literature:	Goyder, D.J. (2001). A revision of the tropical African genus Trachycalymma (K. Schum.) Bullock Kew Bulletin 56 Pages 129 - 161. Goyder, D.J. (2009). A synopsis of Asclepias (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 64 Page 384. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 271.

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