Asclepias aurea
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Cleveland Dam; below dam wall
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam; below dam wall
Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam; below dam wall
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| Synonyms: |
Aidomene parvula Stopp Asclepias radiata S.Moore Gomphocarpus aureus (Schltr.) Schltr. Gomphocarpus schizoglossoides Schltr. Schizoglossum pedunculatum Schltr. |
| Common names: | Golden star-drops (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender, sparsely branched erect herb with annual stems, up to 55 cm tall, growing from a perennial rootstock. Leaves narrowly linear up to 8.5 cm long; margin distinctly rolled under. Flowers in 3-7-flowered umbels on a long peduncle. Corolla lobes dull yellow, purple-red on the outside. Corona normally golden yellow, outer lobes spreading, tapering to a long point. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | aurea: golden |
| Habitat: | In grassland. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, southeastern DRC, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Northwest, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 34. as Asclepias radiata Goyder, D.J. (2009). A synopsis of Asclepias (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa Kew Bulletin 64 Page 395. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 276. 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 19. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 25. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88. |
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