Argyrolobium tomentosum (Andrews) Druce

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (19)

Photo: Bart Wursten
Entrance to Zovo Chipolo Trail, Nyika National Park

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:	Argyrolobium andrewsianum (E. Mey.) Steud. Argyrolobium shirense Taub. Cytisus tomentosus Andrews
Common names:
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect or scrambling small shrub, up to 2 m tall. Stems with appressed or spreading hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, with leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, sparsely woolly above, more densely so beneath. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, 8-32-flowered, sometimes fairly lax and elongated but often compact and short; peduncles 2-10 cm long. Flowers, yellow, turning orange-red with age; standard hairy on the outside. Pods c. 3-6 cm long, oblong, slightly curved.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	tomentosum: tomentose, densely woolly
Habitat:	On rocky slopes in Brachystegia woodland, along forest margins, in moist grassland, and along the margins of rivers and vleis.
Altitude range:	600 - 1800 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	north-eastern DRC, Uganda, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa as far as the Eastern Cape.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Wednesday 29 August 2018
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 152. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 65. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 245. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 46. Martins, E.S. et al. (2003). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7) Pages 261 - 262. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 57. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 268 - 269. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 94.

Other sources of information about Argyrolobium tomentosum:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Argyrolobium tomentosum
Flora of Mozambique: Argyrolobium tomentosum
Flora of Zambia: Argyrolobium tomentosum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Argyrolobium tomentosum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Argyrolobium tomentosum
African Plant Database: Argyrolobium tomentosum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Argyrolobium tomentosum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Argyrolobium tomentosum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Argyrolobium tomentosum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Argyrolobium tomentosum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Argyrolobium tomentosum
JSTOR Plant Science: Argyrolobium tomentosum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Argyrolobium tomentosum
Plants of the World Online: Argyrolobium tomentosum
Tropicos: Argyrolobium tomentosum
Wikipedia: Argyrolobium tomentosum