Description

''Alysicarpus glumaceus'' grows as a herb tall. The leaves are puberulous and measure up to long.

Inflorescences An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...

have a stalk up to long. The flowers have pinkish-orange, red or pale purple petals.

Distribution and habitat

''Alysicarpus glumaceus'' is native to tropical Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent and

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. In Africa, its habitat is in grasslands.

References

glumaceus Flora of Africa Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Flora of the Indian subcontinent Flora of Queensland Plants described in 1791 {{Faboideae-stub