Distribution Map

Pseudarthria hookeri var. hookeri

                   
                   
                                                           
Bug-catcher
Velvet Bean
(Pseudarthria hookeri)

Fabaceae Faboideae Desmodieae Desmodiinae

As at April 2024, 28 herbarium specimens, 15 photo records, 34 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mantenga Malolotja

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Pseudarthria hookeri - Robust, herbaceous, hairy, up to 2 m high. Leaf-stalk c 1,5 cm long; leaflets three, terminal stalked, densely hairy below, thinly above, variable in size, c 7 cm long 4 cm wide, edges wavy. Infloresccnces numerous, terminal and lateral. Flowers numerous, stalks c 5 mm long; calyx c 3 mm long, lobes fine-pointed, two upper joined; corolla c 8 mm long, standard stalkless, rounded, wings and keel stalked, free from one another, various shades of pink, occasionally white; stamens mostly joined, anthers all alike. Pod flat, curved, hairy, many-seeded, somewhat jointed but not breaking up..

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.