Syncolostemon canescens (Gürke) D.F. Otieno

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Haka Game Park

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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve

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Cleveland Dam, Harare

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Mutirikwi CL, Murray MacDougall Drive

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Synonyms:	Hemizygia canescens (Gürke) Ashby Hemizygia dinteri Briq. Hemizygia mossiana (Good) Ashby Hemizygia petrensis (Hiern) Ashby Orthosiphon canescens Gürke
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Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Aromatic perennial herb up to c. 60 cm tall, somewhat woody and branching near the base. Stems more or less densely covered with long spreading hairs, rarely almost hairless. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, up to 5 cm long, more or less densely hairy, often with mixed long and short hairs; margin distinctly to obscurely toothed. Inflorescence simple or with a pair of branches near the base, lax, 8-20 cm long; verticils 4-6-flowered; bracts falling early, ovate, 3 × 2 mm. Calyx 6-8 mm long, glandular-hairy. Corolla white, pinkish, lilac or violet, 13-15 mm long; tube 9-12 mm long; lower lip 3 mm long. Stamens exserted beyond the lower lip.
Notes:	This species is very similar to S. linearis and several intermediate specimens are known from the Matobo area. These have the lower leaves 5 mm wide or more, but upper leaves similar to those of S. linearis.
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Habitat:	Among rocks and in open places and water-courses in semi-arid woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1560 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Botswana, northern Namibia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa. Likely to occur also in Mozambique as some known collections have been found very close to the border.
Zimbabwe distribution:	W,C,E,S
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Other sources of information about Syncolostemon canescens:

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