Leucas deflexa Hook. f.
var. deflexa

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Tsetsera, Manica, Mozambique.

Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH

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Frequency:	Rare
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect sparsely branched herb, up to c. 1 m tall. Stems ribbed hairy. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong to ovate, up to c. 11 cm, hairy on both surfaces; margin crenate-serrate except near the base. Calyx deflexed, swollen at the base, 8?-toothed. Flowers in 1-4 spaced, subterminal many flowered spherical heads. Corolla up to 7 mm long, 2-lipped; upper lip transparent; lower lip white, notched. Anthers orange.
Notes:	This species is probably rare and very local in Zimbabwe. Only one specimen was found at SRGH (Wild, Exell & Mendonça 189, 4 Feb 1955, Banti Forest). The specimen in the photographs (Ballings & Wursten 888, BR) was found only a few km from the border with Zimbabwe.
Derivation of specific name:	deflexa: deflexed
Habitat:	In clearings, understorey and margins of montane evergreen forest.
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread throughout Africa from Cameroon, Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia to Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Images last updated:	Sunday 27 July 2008
Literature:	Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 55. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 53 - 54.

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