Pycnostachys urticifolia Hook.

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Domboshawa

Synonyms:
Common names:	Bunganyunyu (S) Large hedgehog-flower (E) Nyakaonzora (S) Prickly salvia (E) Zinyamhunga (S)
Frequency:	Common
Status:	Native
Description:	Aromatic perennial herb or shrub, 1-2.5 m. Leaves petiolate; lamina 5-12 × 4-7 cm, narrowly to broadly ovate, ± glabrous to densely pubescent, gland-dotted; apex acute; margin regularly crenate. Inflorescence a spike 7-10 cm. Bracts 4-5 mm, linear to spathulate, ciliate. Calyx sparingly pubescent, reddish-purple; teeth 8-10 mm, becoming sharply spiny after flowering. Corolla 12-20 mm, gentian-blue, rarely whitish.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	urticifolia: nettle-leaved
Habitat:	In rocky ground and on streambanks or in grassland in the transition zone between vlei and woodland; also sometimes in open miombo woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	1250 - 1660 m
Flowering time:	Apr - Jun
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution:	WCES
Growth form:	P
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Literature:
Endemic status:
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Thursday 12 July 2007

Flora of Mozambique: Pycnostachys urticifolia
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pycnostachys urticifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pycnostachys urticifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pycnostachys urticifolia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pycnostachys urticifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pycnostachys urticifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pycnostachys urticifolia
West African Plants database: Pycnostachys urticifolia