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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Pyrophytic dwarf suffrutex up to 25 cm tall, growing from a woody rootstock. Stems 1–several, erect, herbaceous, simple or few-branched. Leaves opposite or sometimes 3-whorled, lanceolate, elliptic, oblong or oblong-obovate, 1.5–9 cm long, sometimes somewhat fleshy, shortly pubescent, particularly on the veins and margins, sometimes almost hairless; margin entire; petiole up to 3 mm long. Inflorescences axillary in the crowded uppermost leaves, 3–12-flowered, sometimes with 2 solitary axillary flowers below the capitate inflorescence. Corolla white or pale cream-coloured, densely and softly white hairy outside; tube (6)–11 cm long; anthers and style apex purple; stamens and style exserted c. 4 cm. |
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Derivation of specific name: | pusillum: insignificant, small, weak |
Habitat: | In recently burnt miombo woodland, wooded grassland and along dambo margins, on red sandy soil or stony ground. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1300 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 140 - 141. (Includes a picture). Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Page 121. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 68. |
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