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Synonyms: |
Hypericum peplidifolium var. robustum Baker f. |
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Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Tufted perennial herb with prostrate, ascending to suberect stems, usually less than c. 30 cm long. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate to subsessile, ovate, elliptic-oblong or slightly obovate, up to 26 × 17 mm, with prominent translucent gland dots; apex rounded; margin entire. Flowers c. 1.5-2 cm in diameter, in terminal clusters, rarely solitary; sepals elliptic, obovate or oblong, obtuse, unequal, the inner ones usually much smaller, with translucent and dark gland dots; petals yellow, often tinged with red with dark gland dots on margins only; stamens numerous; styles usually 5, rarely 4, and ovary 4-5- locular. Fruit fleshy, subspherical or broadly ovoid. |
Notes: | See the similar H. aethiopicum and H. wilmsii for comparison. |
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Habitat: | In open woodland, grassland, roadsides and disturbed areas. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 - 2000 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | From Ethiopia and Sudan to Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Also in Cameroon. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Endemic status: | |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Friday 3 April 2009 |
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 129. 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 35. Robson, N.K.B. (1961). Guttiferae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 383 - 385. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 69. Troupin, G. (1978). Clusiaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 299. (Includes a picture). |
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