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Barleria spinulosa
spinulosa
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Osborne Dam, next to the dam
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| Synonyms: |
Barleria clivorum C.B. Clarke Barleria consanguinea Klotzsch Barleria squarrosa Klotzsch |
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| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small herbaceous shrub, up to 1.3 m tall, sometimes scrambling. Stems covered in short and coarse yellowish hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate or elliptic, 4-10 cm long, densely covered in pale grey stellate hairs when young, becoming more or less hairless when older. Flowers in 2-7-flowered axillary clusters. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, in unequal pairs, largest 10-23 mm long; margin with widely spaced teeth and a spiny apex. Calyx lobes broadly ovate, largest 13-19 mm long, translucent with conspicuous reddish-brown veining; margin with coarse spiny teeth. Corolla 27-37 mm long, blue-mauve with a white tube, hairy on the outside. Capsule 11-13.5 mm long, mostly hairless. |
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| Habitat: | Deciduous woodland often in riverine fringes, rarely in lowland forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 150 - 1350 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
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Flora of Mozambique: Barleria spinulosaAfrican Plant Database: Barleria spinulosa
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Barleria spinulosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Barleria spinulosa
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Barleria spinulosa
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Barleria spinulosa
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Barleria spinulosa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Barleria spinulosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Barleria spinulosa
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Barleria spinulosa
Tropicos: Barleria spinulosa
West African Plants database: Barleria spinulosa
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