Tephrosia purpurea subsp. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt, Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 41: 245 (1968) (syn: Cracca leptostachya (DC.) Rusby ; Tephrosia desertorum Scheele ; Tephrosia laurentii De Wild. ; Tephrosia leptostachya DC. ; Tephrosia purpurea var. gracilis Täckh. & Boulos ; Tephrosia purpurea var. leptostachya (DC.) Brummitt ; Tephrosia purpurea var. pubescens Baker ; Tephrosia purpurea var. supina R.Vig. ; Tephrosia sinaitica Gand. ; Tephrosia sparsiflora H.M.L.Forbes ; Tephrosia transvaalensis Hutch. & Burtt Davy );
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Africa, Sinai to Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to India: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Wild Plant for ID : Nasik : 27SEP21 : AK – 048: 3 images.
A wild plant seen last week (27.9.21).
Very tiny plant with purple flowers.
Please check Fabaceae may be Vicia ??
Tephrosia maxima, Prostrate tephrosia,
The flowers were very very tiny.
May I request you to post high res. images to see the details.
Adding..
3 high res. images.
It is Tephrosia purpurea subsp. leptostachya
Comparison of Tephrosia purpurea subsp. leptostachya (T-1), T. purpurea (TP) and T. maxima (Tm) (Bar line: 3cm)
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