Lantana moldenkei
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Nyahokwe Hill, Nyanga
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Nyahokwe Hill, Nyanga
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Nyahokwe Hill, Nyanga
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Christon Bank
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Besna Kobila, Matobo
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Besna Kobila, Matobo
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small straggling shrub, up to c 1.5m tall. Branchlets slender with somewhat raised leaf scars, bristly hairy, particularly when young, with tubercle-based, whitish, curved-appressed hairs and scattered sessile glands. Leaves mostly opposite, rarely 3-whorled, more or less broadly ovate to subrhombic or subcircular, 1-2.8 cm long, somewhat discolorous, shortly bristly with tubercule-based hairs and impressed venation above, paler and more densely whitish hairy with raised venation beneath; margin with 4-10 crenulate teeth; petiole 3-11 mm long. Inflorescences in solitary, axillary subspherical spikes, up to 1 cm long; peduncles slender, as long or longer than the subtending leaf; bracts leaf-like, broadly elliptical bracts more or less densely hairy and with sessile glands. Flowers mauve, pink, lilac or pale violet, rarely almost white; corolla tube 5-7.5 mm long, well exceeding the bracts. Fruit a drupe, up to c. 3 × 4 cm, broader than long. |
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| Notes: | The combination of consistently small leaves, slender peduncles and short inflorescences is very characteristic for this species. |
| Derivation of specific name: | moldenkei: after Harold Norman Moldenke (1909–1996), American botanist and taxonomist with particular expertise in Verbenaceae. |
| Habitat: | Among rocks and in sandy soil in woodland and grassland, apparently always on or besides rocky outcrops. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1150 - 1500 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Restricted to Zimbabwe, where it is fairly widespread. |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C,E |
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| Endemic status: | Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 23 March 2021 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. Fernandes, R. (2005). Verbenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 21 - 23. (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 82. |
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