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Streptocarpus pumilus
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small perennial herb. Leaves several, loosely tufted, linear-oblong, pilose on both surfaces, often reddish-purple below; margins crenate-dentate. inflorescences few-flowered, arising from the junction of leaf lamina and stalk. Flowers white with deep magenta lines on the corolla lobes and spots in the throat. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | pumilus: dwarf |
| Habitat: | Forming small colonies under granite rock shelters and cave floors. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 1950 m |
| Flowering time: | Jan |
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| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E |
| Growth form: | P |
| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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African Plant Database: Streptocarpus pumilusBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Streptocarpus pumilus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Streptocarpus pumilus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Streptocarpus pumilus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Streptocarpus pumilus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Streptocarpus pumilus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Streptocarpus pumilus
JSTOR Plant Science: Streptocarpus pumilus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Streptocarpus pumilus
Tropicos: Streptocarpus pumilus
West African Plants database: Streptocarpus pumilus
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