Collections made by Bartsch

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 30 cm high. Leaves elongated ovate, base cordate, margins finely serrate. Flowers tiny, pale yellow, in a dense long spike, immature inflorescence with many red threads. Stems erect, herbaceous, covered with long erect hairs. Stipules filiform. Growing in partial shade under tree. Common.

Single-stemmed suffrutex. Main stem hairy, green, much branched, with a small hook at each node, lateral shoots perpendicular to stem, unarmed. Leaves needle-like, in dense fascicles on lateral shoots, fairly short, green. Flowers and fruit absent. Filed at WIND as Asparagus cooperi

Suffrutex with a tendency to climb in other shrubs and trees. Main stems light to dark brown, smooth, with a large hook at each node, much branched, lateral stems many, armed. Leaves needle-like, long, in fascicles of 3-5 on the lateral shoots, fascicles far apart. Flowers and fruit absent.

Woody climber. Main stem with large hooks, glabrous, light grey, twining in trees and shrubs. Leaves linear, needle-like, very long, in fascicles.

Suffrutex. Stems branched, semi-erect, silvery grey. Bark smooth, armed with prominent straight thorns, lateral branches flexible, drooping, green. Leaves linear, needle-like, in fascicles on long thin branchlets. Flowers and fruit absent.

Annual herb, 0.30 m high. Leaves opposite, elliptic. Flowers funnel-shaped, white with purple markings, single, in terminal leaf axils. Stems round, erect.

Annual herb. Flowers trumpet shaped, white with purple markings. Leaves opposite, thinly textured, dark green.

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Shrubs, occasionally also trees. Leaves compound, yellowish below, dull green above, leaflets ovate, asymmetric. Shoots and axillary buds covered with a rusty brown velvet. Stems light brown. White sand. Mixed shrubland and woodland. Common.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 - 15 m high. Leaves compound, yellowish below, dull green above, leaflets ovate, asymmetric. Shoots and axillary buds covered with rusty brown velvety hairs. Stems light brown. Pods in terminal clusters, light lime green, ovoid, flat, single-seeded. White sand. Common.

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 60 cm high. Stems erect, mostly unbranched, square, hairy. Leaves lanceolate, base lobed, venation below reticulate, with a large brown gland in each leaf axil. Flowers fairly small, tubular, maroon outside, inside pale pink with maroon venation. Plant has a pungent smell. White sandy loam. Occasional.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte. Leaves few, well developed, in a basal rosette, erect, lanceolate, lamina fairly broad, margins wavy and ciliate. Inflorescence a dense spike. Flowers small, star-shaped, white, arranged along the entire peduncle, almost up to the base, tepals reflexed, stamens exserted. Roots many, fine. In Omuramba. Rare.

Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper. Leaves alternate, cordate, felty, apex rounded or notched, mucronate. Stems trailing, many radiating from the centre, mostly unbranched, brown. Fruit small fleshy berries, red, round, sessile, in terminal leaf axils. Uncommon. On road verge.

Climber; Notes: Climber, growing in fence. Leaves small, cordate, velvety, light green below, dark green above, apex pointed. Stems flexuous, twining around fence, pubescent, light green to brown. Flowers tiny, in terminal panicles, yellowish-green, hairy on the outside. Black clay. Rare.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 - 60 cm high. Flowers pastel purple with dark purple stripes, in terminal racemes. Leaves alternate, palmate, with 5 - 7 leaflets, leaflets linear, long. Stems erect, green, glandular, round, mostly unbranched. Whole plant sticky glandular, with a pungent smell. Frequent on roadverge.

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Many-stemmed tree, 8 m high. Trunk grey, bark finely fissured. Leaves bifoliolate, green, tough. Flowers small, pale yellow, in terminal racemes, sepals pale lime green. Common in Omuramba. Thick bush.

Shrub; Notes: Large shrub, up to 3 m high. Fruit 4-winged, apple-shaped in outline, rusty brown. Leaves small, opposite, obovate, hairy, apex mucronate. Stems grey. Scattered, but restricted to Omuramba.

Shrub; Notes: Tall shrub, up to 3 m high. Leaves small, obovate with a notched or mucronate apex, velvety. Fruit 4-winged pods, apple-shaped in outline, coppery. Stems brown, bark peeling in long threads. Frequent in Omuramba. Thick bush.

25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 25 cm high. Flowers yellow, petals spatulate, 2-lobed, subtended by a falcate bract. Bract slit open to base, margins covered with erect hairs. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, softly pubescent, ochna hairy, densely appressed to stem. White sand. Scattered under trees in shade.

25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 25 cm high. Flowers small, blue, spathe valves fused at the base, bracts sparsely covered with bristly hairs. Leaves elliptic, scabrid, tapering into a long narrow cylinder at the base, ochna with red bristles along the margins. Stems erect, hairy, green. White sand. Under trees in shade.

Herb; Notes: Small annual herb, 5 - 10 cm high. Stems mostly unbranched, erect, herbaceous, light green, sparsely pubescent. Leaves linear, lamina long and narrow. Stipules very long and narrow, reddish. Flowers small, yellow, sessile, in pairs in the terminal leaf axils. Pods long, linear, narrow, split into 3 horns at the apex. Common but localized.

Climber; Herb; Notes: Climbing herb. Stems thin, brown, with milky latex, occasionally climbing. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green with yellowish venation, apex pointed. Fruit a horned pod, in pairs. Occasional. In woodlands under trees in partial shade. White sand.

Herb; Notes: Herb, 20 - 35 cm high. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green, veins yellowish, apex pointed. Stems thin, dark brown, sometimes twining, with milky latex. Fruit immature, long, cylindrical. White sand. Common.

Herb; Notes: Herb. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, blue, filaments feathery, tepals short, bracts with a white woolly indumentum. Leaves very long, lanceolate, stiff, held erect, folded along the midrib, covered with a white woolly indumentum. Voucher for photograph. Growing under trees in shade. Scattered. White sandy soil.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Flowers blue, sessile, enclosed in bracts, filaments feathery, blue, anthers yellow, bracts woolly. Stems and leaves woolly. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, long, glabrous above. White loamy sand. Rare. Growing under trees in partial shade. Voucher for photograph.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up to 1m tall. Leaves drooping, large, oval with a teat-shaped apex, shiny, green with yellow venation. Stems lax, thin, brown, with milky latex. White sand. Common.

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1 m high. Leaves drooping, large, oval, thinly textured, dark green, shiny, petiole long, slender, yellow. Stems brown, slender, sparsely branched from the base, with milky latex. No flowers or fruit. White sand. Common.

25 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, 25 cm high. Leaves opposite, somewhat leathery, glabrous, yellowish-green, sessile, obovate. Fruit in dense axillary clusters at the end of the shoots, small, round, light green. White loamy sand. Occasional.

Shrub; Notes: Low shrubs up to 1 m high, with drooping foliage. Leaves compound, alternate, stipules present, leaflets large, oblong to rhombic, asymmetric, velvety, midrib displaced, light green below. Stems light brown, coppicing shoots velvety. Mixed shrubland and woodland. White sand. Common.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Flowers small, blue with a white centre, one open at a time. Stems many from the base, thin, covered with erect hairs. Leaves sessile. Occasional on roadverge.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 80 - 100 cm high. Inflorescence a long graceful spike, flowers pale yellow with red venation, opening pointing down. Leaves few, lanceolate, venation parallel. Corms 2 cm in diameter, brownish outside, round. In depression. Voucher for photograph.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 60 - 80 cm high. Inflorescence a few-flowered spike. Flowers pale yellow with red venation. Leaves linear, narrow, tapering into a pointed apex, with prominent parallel venation. Very attractive when in flower. Has horticultural potential. Black clay. Rare.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 1 m above ground. Stems floppy, unbranched, round. Leaves sessile, glossy green, lanceolate, tips transformed into tendrils. Flowers large, showy, held upside down like a lantern, tepals reflexed, red, yellow at the base filaments green. Black clay. Occasional. Voucher for photograph.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub. Branches drooping, brown, covered with a dense velvety indumentum. Leaves large, elongated-ovate, base asymmetric, grey below, green above, velvety, margins finely serrate. Stipules not falcate. Flowers in terminal axillary clusters, bright yellow, 2.2 cm in diameter. In Omuramba.

50 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, 50 cm high. Flowers large, yellow, in 3's in leaf axils, stamens in one column. Leaves drooping, alternate, elliptic, base cordate/oblique, grey and velvety below, green above, margins finely serrulate, stipules long, linear, not falcate. Stems drooping, floppy, round, brown, young shoots with a dense brown indumentum. Frequent at the edge of pans.

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Spreading shrub with arching branches, 80 cm high. Branches grey, woody, arched. Leaves slightly drooping, curled up, velvety, grey below, green above, lamina elongated-elliptic, base asymmetric, margins finely serrate. Fruit in clusters on lower parts of branches, 1 or 2-lobed, round, green. Frequent. White sand at edge of depression. Limestone.

Dwarf shrub; Notes: Dwarf shrub, 20 - 30 cm high. Stems sticky, covered with glandular hairs, erect, green, branched. Leaves small, elliptic, glandular, sparsely stellate pubescent, margins toothed, stipules present. Flowers small, nodding, bell-shaped, pale orange, single, axillary. Black clay. Scattered in floodplain.

Herb; Notes: Herb. Leaves palmate, alternate, leaflets 5, sparsely pubescent with irritant hairs below. Flowers large, showy, pale yellow with dark maroon base. Epicalyx stiff, needle-like, protruding, sparsely covered with bristles. Stems floppy, ascending, maroon, glaucous, sparsely covered with irritant hairs. On roadverge. Occasional.

2 m high; Climber; Notes: Annual climber, 2 m high. Leaves large, cordate, on a long, stiff petiole, light green below with white netted venation, dark green above. Flowers large, axillary, trumpet shaped, faded, pale purple shaded deep purple towards the centre. Stems twining, light grey, velvety. Capsules immature, obovate, green. Rare.

Climber; Creeper; Notes: Annual climber. Flowers large, trumpet shaped, single, pale purple flushed dark purple towards the centre. Leaves large, cordate, alternate, dark green above, white below with netted venation. Stems floppy. Large underground tuber. White sand. Growing under a tree in shade. Rare. Voucher for photograph.

40 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Herbaceous shrub, growing in shade under tree, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale purple, in a dense axillary spike, peduncles shorter than leaves, 1 - 3 cm long. Leaves opposite, ovate, thin, dark green above, white below. Stems square, hairy, herbaceous.

Creeper; Herb; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, funnel shaped. Leaves lanceolate, base 3-lobed. Capsules round. White limestone gravel. Common on road verge.

Climber; Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper or climber. Flowers yellow, trumpet shaped, single. Leaves lanceolate, with 3 teeth at the base, green. Stems filiform, prostrate or twining in grasses and herbs. Frequent. White sandy soil.

Herb; Creeper; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, corolla rotate, delicate. Leaves lanceolate with a 3-lobed base, green. Stems thin, creeping or twining. Capsules round. White loamy sand. Common on roadverge.

60 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex, 60 cm high. Flowers in a terminal raceme, small, deep purple. Leaves compound, trifoliolate, stipules present. Stems erect, green, hairy. Voucher for photograph. Very attractive when in flower. Would make a good garden plant. Scattered but localized, in Omuramba.

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Trees or shrubs, 2 - 15 m high. Common at the edge of pans. Young shoots densely covered with fine rusty brown hairs, trunk grey. Leaves feathery, with 4 - 9 pairs of pinnae, leaflets densely hairy below. Pods flat, winged, tapering into a pointed tip, light green, velvety.

Geophyte, 0.30 m above ground. Berries orange to red, in a dense umbel, scape fleshy. Leaves large, oval, held erect and apressed against the scape, shiny, green, undulating, base amplexicaul.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m high. Trunk grey, covered with thick corky bark, longitudinally fissured. Leaves opposite, obovate to round, hairy above and below, 5 veins arising from the base, runnning parallel. Fruit round, hard, up to 5 cm in diameter, green with white speckles. Uncommon. Dry woodland, white loamy sand.

Herb; Notes: Aromatic annual herb, 20 - 40 cm high. Flowers in corymbose spikes, white, asymmetric, bracts purple, petal-like. Leaves sessile, elliptic, aromatic. Stems erect, square, glandular. Scattered on roadverge.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 6 - 8 m high. Leaves clustered at the end of the terminal shoots, silvery below, blue-green above, silky. Pods in terminal clusters, red, single-seeded, winged. Stems grey, smooth. Common.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 5 - 10 m high, in fruit. Leaves clustered terminally, silvery-grey below, blue-green above, silky. Pods in terminal clusters, red, winged, single-seeded. Stems grey, smooth. Mixed woodland and shrubland. Common.

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 5m high. Leaves in terminal clusters, sessile, silky pubescent, blue-green. Pods in dense terminal clusters, red, single-seeded, winged. Stems black. White sand. Frequent.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate annual herb. Flowers yellow, less than 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 7 - 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets small, densely hairy below, apex pointed. Fruit spiny, round, segmented. Stems prostrate to ascending, maroon to light brown. White sandy loam, limestone gravel, cleared roadverge. Common.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Stems prostrate to ascending, sparsely covered with erect hairs. Flowers yellow, petals up to 1.2 cm long. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets densely hairy below. White loamy sand. Frequent.

Herb; Notes: Tender annual herb. Flowers yellow, tubular, tube long and narrow. Under trees in shade.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 30 cm high. Flowers bright orange, tubular, only one open at a time. Leaves sessile. Stems herbaceous, erect, sparsely covered with long red bristles. White sand. Occasional. Voucher for photograph.

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 45 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow fading to rusty brown, in dense axillary clusters, calyx hairy. Leaves elongated ovate, felty, dark green, venation below reticulate. Stems herbaceous, felty. Common on road verges.

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 45 cm high. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, small, pale yellow. Leaves elongated-elliptic, felty. Stems erect. Common in disturbed areas.

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, in dense axillary clusters. Leaves elongated ovate, felty. Stems erect. White limestone roadverge, cleared.

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, fading to rusty brown, in axillary clusters. Leaves alternate, elongate-elliptic, hairy. Stems erect, brown at the base, green upwards. Common on roadverge.

1.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Lax spreading shrub, 1.2 m high. Leaves alternate, large ovate, thinly textured, dark green, margins entire. Stems erect, round, green, sparsely hairy. Berries in dense axillary clusters, sub-sessile, red, fleshy and enclosed in a papery inflated calyx, like a gooseberry. Growing in partial shade under a tree.