Blepharis leendertziae Oberm.

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Blepharis leendertziae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park

Blepharis leendertziae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park

Blepharis leendertziae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park

Blepharis leendertziae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park

Blepharis leendertziae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park

Blepharis leendertziae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park

Blepharis leendertziae

Photo: Bart Wursten
Near mopane forest, Gorongosa National Park

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Status: Native
Description:
Erect or rarely decumbent annual herb. Stems up to 50 cm long, silky hairy. Leaves linear-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic or ovate, 4-11 cm long, hairless or with a few hairs along the midrib below; margin entire. Flowers in subspherical heads along the stems. Bracts linear-lanceolate, up to 5 cm long finely hairy; margin with thin recurved bristles up to 4 mm long. Corolla white to pale blue or lilac, 10-16 mm long; lip obovate-spathulate, 3-5 mm wide, distinctly 3-lobed, central lobe longest.
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Habitat: In deciduous woodland, often sandy soils or seasonally wet depressions, vleis and lake shores.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1375 m
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,S
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Literature:

Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Namibia Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 73.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 13.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 17.

Vollesen, K. (2000). Blepharis (Acanthaceae). A taxonomic revision. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pages 247 - 248. (Includes a picture).

Vollesen, K. (2013). Acanthaceae (Part 1) Flora Zambesiaca 8(5) Pages 78 - 79.


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Flora of Botswana: Blepharis leendertziae
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Blepharis leendertziae
African Plant Database: Blepharis leendertziae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Blepharis leendertziae
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Blepharis leendertziae
JSTOR Plant Science: Blepharis leendertziae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Blepharis leendertziae
Plants of the World Online: Blepharis leendertziae
Tropicos: Blepharis leendertziae
Wikipedia: Blepharis leendertziae


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Blepharis leendertziae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153880, retrieved 28 March 2024

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