Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Trifolium burchellianum Ser. trib. Trifolieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 2: 200 (1825) |
Native Range | Angola to South Africa |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1000-4000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves ternate, leaflets cordate, 25mm, long petiolate, inflorescence compact head, 3cm broad, flowers ca. 13mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | red, bright pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; basal cuttings in late spring and summer |
Synonyms | Lupinaster burchellianus (Ser.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Lupinaster ecklonianus C.Presl Trifolium subrotundum var. obcordatum Welw. ex Hiern |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ANG Angola) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |