Vicia paucifolia Baker
subsp. malosana (Baker) Verdc.

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Picture: Bart Wursten
Along Northern Loop road towards Nganda Hill, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Lathyrus malosanus Baker Vicia malosana (Baker) Baker f.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Delicate straggling climbing or suberect perennial herb up to 1 m tall. Stems angular, densely hairy when young, becoming almost hairless. Leaves 2–foliolate, rarely 3 or 4; leaflets linear to narrowly elliptic, 12–45 mm long, narrowed at both ends, sparsely hairy on both surfaces; petiole obsolete or up to 2 mm long; rhachis ending in a mostly simple tendril; stipules 5–13 mm long, semi-sagittate. Racemes 1–5-flowered on a peduncle 20–35 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long, hairy, more densely so towards the apex. Calyx laxly hairy to almost hairless; tube 2–2.5 mm long; lobes subequal, 1–5 mm long. Corolla blue, mauve or violet, 9–10 mm long; standard obovate, c. 10 mm long, emarginate, sometimes greenish; wings as long as the standard or slightly shorter. Pod oblong, 24–30 mm long, flat, hairless.
Type location:	Malawi
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Derivation of specific name:	paucifolia: with few leaves.
Habitat:	In and at margins of wet or marshy places by rivers, and in montane grassland.
Altitude range:	1220 - 2250 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Southern Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	W,E
Zambian distribution (Provinces):	Cb,Mc
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 8 October 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 171. (Includes a picture). Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 23 - 25. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 65.

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