Brachystelma plocamoides Oliv.

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Synonyms:	Brachystelma linearifolium Turrill
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Status:	Native
Description:	Procumbent perennial with dividing annual stems, up to 25 cm long, growing from a tuber. Leaves erect, linear, up to 80 × 10 mm. Flowers axillary, mostly solitary. Corolla flat and wheel-shaped, velvety, dark red, orange-grey in the centre; lobes c. 10 × 3 mm folded along the length. Outer corona lobes deeply 2-fid longer than the gymnostegium; inner lobes short.
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Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,C,E,S
Growth form:	P
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Content last updated:	Friday 2 March 2007
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Other sources of information about Brachystelma plocamoides:

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