Pseudarthria hookeri – Pink Velvet Bean, Bug-catcher; Ferweelboontjie, Ferweelertjie, Fluweelboontjie – 5 Seed Pack
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Pseudarthria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and contains some 6 species.
Pseudarthria hookeri commonly known as Pink Velvet Bean or Bug-catcher in English and Ferweelboontjie, Ferweelertjie or Fluweelboontjie in Afrikaans is named after William Hooker and is a lanky, perennial Afrotropical herb in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is widespread in the African tropics and moist uplands of the African subtropics, from Senegal and Ethiopia southwards to eastern South Africa. It bears rough trifoliolate leaves along the stem, and produces terminal, pink flowers in late summer. The stem may grow up to 2 or 3 meters in height annually, before it dies back in the dry season. It is a South African indigenous species found in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces.






