Ardisiandra wettsteinii R. Wagner

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Cloudlands layby, Vumba

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Along path to Mtarazi Falls, Nyanga.

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Near Dam 1, Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park

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Above Dam 1, Chelinda Camp. Nyika National Park.

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Near summit of Gogogo peak, Mt Gorongosa

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Synonyms:	Arsidiandra orientalis Weim. Arsidiandra stolzii Weim.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Creeping perennial herb. All vegetative parts with long hairs. Stems reddish-purple, up to 1 m, partly prostrate, rooting at the nodes. Leaves on long petioles, broadly ovate to suborbicular in outline with 3-9 crenate lobes; margins toothed. Flowers in few-flowered racemes on stalks 1.5-2.5 cm long, drooping. Corolla 6-8 mm, white to pale pink or lilac about twice as long as the calyx. Fruit a small transparent capsule, indehiscent.
Type location:	Tanzania
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Habitat:	In shade on the forest floor.
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Flowering time:	Jan - Feb
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions:	E
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 12 August 2015
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 229. (Includes a picture). Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 432. (Includes a picture). Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Primulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 185 - 186. (Includes a picture). 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 68. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 214. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 85. Troupin, G. (1985). Primulaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Page 18. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 97.

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