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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Decumbent, sprawling perennial herb with stems up to 1 m long. Most parts glandular hairy. Leaves sometimes apparently opposite, very broadly ovate, more or less 3-5-lobed; margin crenate, often tinted purple-red. Flowers in leaf-opposed or axillary, 2-5-flowered pseudo-umbels, white to pale pink with dark purple-red markings; spur 6-11 mm long. |
Notes: | Though not listed in Kirkia 18-2 (Mapaura, 2002), it is apparently near Endemic. |
Derivation of specific name: | mossambicense: of Mozambique |
Habitat: | Among rocks in montane grassland and along the margins of evergreen forest. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1700 - 2400 m |
Flowering time: | Apr - Jun |
Worldwide distribution: | Eastern Zimbabwe and Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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Insects associated with this species: | Cacyreus palemon palemon (Food plant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Friday 18 January 2008 |
Literature: |
Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 87. 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 54. Mueller, T. (1963). Geraniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 144 - 145. |
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