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| Synonyms: |
Brachystelma hirtellum Weim. Brachystelma pilosum R.A. Dyer Dichaelia hirtella (Weim.) Bullock |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial with an annual stem up to 30 cm, growing from a tuber. Leaves strongly folded, obovate to oblong, densely pilose. Flowers 1-2 in the leaf axils. Corolla 16-18 mm long without a tube, lobes united into a cage. Outer corona incised into erect linear lobes; inner lobes as long or slightly longer than the gymnostegium. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | hirtellum: finely and minutely hairy |
| Habitat: | Wooded grassland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 2 March 2007 |
| Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 178. Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 165 - 166. 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 20. |
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