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Synonyms: |
Blaeria friesii Weim. Blaeria kingaensis Engl. Erica kingaensis Engl. Erica kiwuensis (Engl.) F. White |
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Frequency: | Locally frequent |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small shrub, up to c. 1 m high, branching from the base. branchlets variably covered with short and longer, glandular and non-glandular hairs. leaves 3-whorled, 1.5-5 mm long, straight or recurved, hairs variable as on the branchlets, margin rolled under. Flowers in clusters of 3-15, often at tips of dwarf branchlets on the upper parts of the stems. Pedicels up to 1.5 mm long. Corolla up to 3 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, often tubular below, pink, lavender or purple. Style exserted, up to 3 mm long. |
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Habitat: | Montane grassland and bracken scrub, often among rocks and near streams. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1400 - 2250 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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 141. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 9. As Blaeria kingaensis Harris, T., Darbyshire, I. & Polhill, R. (2011). New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique Kew Bulletin 66(2) Page 248. 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 40. As Blaeria kingaensis Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 47. As Erica kingaensis Ross, R. (1983). Ericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 171 - 173. As Blaeria kingaensis (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 Pages 82 - 83. as Erica kiwuensis Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 91. |
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