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Justicia anagalloides
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Park NR, edge of car park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Park NR, edge of car park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chakoma, NE of Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Adhatoda anagalloides Nees |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with prostrate to suberect annual stems. Stems usually with lines of long hairs across the length. Leaves ovate to obovate, variously hairy or nearly hairless. Inflorescences few-flowered, axillary, spike-like, usually one inflorescence per node. Corolla 6-8 mm long, white, with or without maroon lines on the lip. Fruit a capsule, hairless except for a few hairs at the apex. See Justicia exigua and J. matammensis for comparison. |
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| Habitat: | In grassland, disturbed and overgrazed areas and along roadsides, often in places which have been burnt. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1800 m |
| Flowering time: | Throughout the year |
| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Somalia, Eastern DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Freestate and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | P |
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Flora of Mozambique: Justicia anagalloidesAfrican Plant Database: Justicia anagalloides
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Justicia anagalloides
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Justicia anagalloides
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Justicia anagalloides
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Justicia anagalloides
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Justicia anagalloides
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Justicia anagalloides
JSTOR Plant Science: Justicia anagalloides
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Justicia anagalloides
Tropicos: Justicia anagalloides
West African Plants database: Justicia anagalloides
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