Tricliceras longepedunculatum (Mast.) R. Fern.
var. longepedunculatum

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Tricliceras longepedunculatum var. longepedunculatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba

Tricliceras longepedunculatum var. longepedunculatum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba

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Synonyms: Wormskioldia longepedunculata Mast.
Common names: Roadside pimpernel (English)
Frequency: Common
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb with annual stems, which are covered in long purple hairs. Although each flower only lasts about one day, they are produced one after another, which makes the plants an attractive sight for an extensive period of time.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: longepedunculatum: with a long inflorescence-stalk (peduncle)
Habitat: Found in Brachystegia woodland, grassland and on roadsides.
Altitude range: (metres) 900 - 1500 m
Flowering time: Nov - Feb
Worldwide distribution: Tanzania, south to South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E,S
Growth form: P
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species): Acraea natalica natalica (Natal acraea)
Acraea oncaea (Window acraea or Rooibok)
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Literature:

Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 78, plate 105


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Other sources of information about Tricliceras longepedunculatum:

Flora of Mozambique: Tricliceras longepedunculatum
African Plant Database: Tricliceras longepedunculatum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Tricliceras longepedunculatum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tricliceras longepedunculatum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Tricliceras longepedunculatum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Tricliceras longepedunculatum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Tricliceras longepedunculatum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tricliceras longepedunculatum
JSTOR Plant Science: Tricliceras longepedunculatum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Tricliceras longepedunculatum
Tropicos: Tricliceras longepedunculatum
West African Plants database: Tricliceras longepedunculatum


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Tricliceras longepedunculatum var. longepedunculatum.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140890, retrieved 18 May 2013

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