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Pycnostachys urticifolia
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Domboshawa
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Domboshawa
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Above Mermaids Falls, Aberfoyle
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| Synonyms: |
Coleus urticifolius (Hook.) Roberty Pycnostachys pubescens Gürke |
| Common names: | Bunganyunyu (Shona) Large hedgehog-flower (English) Nyakaonzora (Shona) Prickly salvia (English) Zinyamhunga (Shona) |
| 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) | 840 - 1900 m |
| Flowering time: | Apr - Jun |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 12 July 2007 |
| Literature: |
Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 352 - 353. (Includes a picture). Paton, A.J. et al. (2009). Lamiaceae FTEA Pages 411 - 412. Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 105, plate 143 Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 472 - 473. (Includes a picture). |
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Flora of Mozambique: Pycnostachys urticifoliaAfrican Plant Database: Pycnostachys urticifolia
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pycnostachys urticifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): 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
JSTOR Plant Science: Pycnostachys urticifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pycnostachys urticifolia
Tropicos: Pycnostachys urticifolia
West African Plants database: Pycnostachys urticifolia
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